Release v6.2.14

2026-06-08 17:33:33 +00:00 · 2025-11-20 09:16:52 +01:00
215 changed files with 1074 additions and 2488 deletions
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ runs:
  using: composite
  steps:
    - name: Set Up Java
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v5
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
      with:
        distribution: ${{ inputs.java-early-access == 'true' && 'temurin' || (inputs.java-distribution || 'liberica') }}
        java-version: |
          ${{ inputs.java-early-access == 'true' && format('{0}-ea', inputs.java-version) || inputs.java-version }}
          ${{ inputs.java-toolchain == 'true' && '17' || '' }}
    - name: Set Up Gradle
-      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@4d9f0ba0025fe599b4ebab900eb7f3a1d93ef4c2 # v5.0.0
+      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@ac638b010cf58a27ee6c972d7336334ccaf61c96 # v4.4.1
      with:
        cache-read-only: false
        develocity-access-key: ${{ inputs.develocity-access-key }}
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ runs:
  using: composite
  steps:
    - name: Set Up JFrog CLI
-      uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@5b06f730cc5a6f55d78b30753f8583454b08c0aa # v4.8.1
+      uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@f748a0599171a192a2668afee8d0497f7c1069df # v4.5.6
      env:
        JF_ENV_SPRING: ${{ inputs.jfrog-cli-config-token }}
    - name: Download Release Artifacts
      shell: bash
      run: jf rt download --spec ${{ format('{0}/artifacts.spec', github.action_path) }} --spec-vars 'buildName=${{ format('spring-framework-{0}', inputs.spring-framework-version) }};buildNumber=${{ github.run_number }}'
    - name: Sync
-      uses: spring-io/central-publish-action@0c03960e9b16fdfe70e2443e1d5393cbc3a35622 # v0.3.0
+      uses: spring-io/central-publish-action@0cdd90d12e6876341e82860d951e1bcddc1e51b6 # v0.2.0
      with:
        token: ${{ inputs.central-token-password }}
        token-name: ${{ inputs.central-token-username }}
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
        with:
          distribution: 'liberica'
          java-version: 17
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
    timeout-minutes: 60
    steps:
      - name: Check Out Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Build and Publish
        id: build-and-publish
        uses: ./.github/actions/build
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
          develocity-access-key: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
          publish: true
      - name: Deploy
-        uses: spring-io/artifactory-deploy-action@926d7f7cc810569395346bf3a4d91b380b3e355b # v0.0.4
+        uses: spring-io/artifactory-deploy-action@dc1913008c0599f0c4b1fdafb6ff3c502b3565ea # v0.0.2
        with:
          artifact-properties: |
            /**/framework-api-*.zip::zip.name=spring-framework,zip.deployed=false
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
    timeout-minutes: 60
    steps:
      - name: Check Out Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Build
        id: build
        uses: ./.github/actions/build
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: ./.github/actions/print-jvm-thread-dumps
      - name: Upload Build Reports
        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: build-reports
          path: '**/build/reports/'
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
          git config --global core.longPaths true
          Stop-Service -name Docker
      - name: Check Out Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Build
        id: build
        uses: ./.github/actions/build
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        fetch-depth: 1
        ref: docs-build
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check Out Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Build and Publish
        id: build-and-publish
        uses: ./.github/actions/build
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
          develocity-access-key: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
          publish: true
      - name: Stage Release
-        uses: spring-io/artifactory-deploy-action@926d7f7cc810569395346bf3a4d91b380b3e355b # v0.0.4
+        uses: spring-io/artifactory-deploy-action@dc1913008c0599f0c4b1fdafb6ff3c502b3565ea # v0.0.2
        with:
          artifact-properties: |
            /**/framework-api-*.zip::zip.name=spring-framework,zip.deployed=false
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check Out Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
      - name: Sync to Maven Central
        uses: ./.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central
        with:
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Set up JFrog CLI
-        uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@5b06f730cc5a6f55d78b30753f8583454b08c0aa # v4.8.1
+        uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@dff217c085c17666e8849ebdbf29c8fe5e3995e6 # v4.5.2
        env:
          JF_ENV_SPRING: ${{ secrets.JF_ARTIFACTORY_SPRING }}
      - name: Promote build
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check Out Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
      - name: Create GitHub Release
        uses: ./.github/actions/create-github-release
        with:
@@ -30,23 +30,23 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check Out Release Verification Tests
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: 'v0.0.2'
          repository: spring-projects/spring-framework-release-verification
          token: ${{ secrets.token }}
      - name: Check Out Send Notification Action
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          path: send-notification
          sparse-checkout: .github/actions/send-notification
      - name: Set Up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
        with:
          distribution: 'liberica'
          java-version: 17
      - name: Set Up Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@4d9f0ba0025fe599b4ebab900eb7f3a1d93ef4c2 # v5.0.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@ac638b010cf58a27ee6c972d7336334ccaf61c96 # v4.4.1
        with:
          cache-read-only: false
      - name: Configure Gradle Properties
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
        run: ./gradlew spring-framework-release-verification-tests:test
      - name: Upload Build Reports on Failure
        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: build-reports
          path: '**/build/reports/'
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ configure([rootProject] + javaProjects) { project ->
 			"https://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-core/javadoc/2.14/",
 			"https://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-databind/javadoc/2.14/",
 			"https://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-dataformat-xml/javadoc/2.14/",
-			//"https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-5.5.x/current/httpclient5/apidocs/",
+			"https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-5.5.x/current/httpclient5/apidocs/",
 			"https://projectreactor.io/docs/test/release/api/",
 			"https://junit.org/junit4/javadoc/4.13.2/",
 			// TODO Uncomment link to JUnit 5 docs once we execute Gradle with Java 18+.
 			// See https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/27497
 			//
-			// "https://junit.org/junit5/docs/5.14.2/api/",
-			"https://www.reactive-streams.org/reactive-streams-1.0.4-javadoc/",
+			// "https://junit.org/junit5/docs/5.14.1/api/",
+			"https://www.reactive-streams.org/reactive-streams-1.0.3-javadoc/",
 			//"https://javadoc.io/static/io.rsocket/rsocket-core/1.1.1/",
 			"https://r2dbc.io/spec/1.0.0.RELEASE/api/",
 			// Previously there could be a split-package issue between JSR250 and JSR305 javax.annotation packages,
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ content:
  - url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework
    # Refname matching:
    # https://docs.antora.org/antora/latest/playbook/content-refname-matching/
-    # branches: We include snapshots for main, 6.2.x, and 7.0.x to 9.*.x.
-    branches: ['main', '6.2.x', '{7..9}.+({0..9}).x']
-    # tags: We effectively include all releases from 6.0.9 to 9.*.*.
+    branches: ['main', '{6..9}.+({1..9}).x']
    tags: ['v{6..9}.+({0..9}).+({0..9})?(-{RC,M}*)', '!(v6.0.{0..8})', '!(v6.0.0-{RC,M}{0..9})']
    start_path: framework-docs
 asciidoc:
@@ -38,4 +36,4 @@ runtime:
    failure_level: warn
 ui:
  bundle:
-    url: https://github.com/spring-io/antora-ui-spring/releases/download/v0.4.25/ui-bundle.zip
+    url: https://github.com/spring-io/antora-ui-spring/releases/download/v0.4.20/ui-bundle.zip
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Note that pointcut definitions are generally matched against any intercepted met
 If a pointcut is strictly meant to be public-only, even in a CGLIB proxy scenario with
 potential non-public interactions through proxies, it needs to be defined accordingly.

-If your interception needs to include method calls or even constructors within the target
+If your interception needs include method calls or even constructors within the target
 class, consider the use of Spring-driven xref:core/aop/using-aspectj.adoc#aop-aj-ltw[native AspectJ weaving] instead
 of Spring's proxy-based AOP framework. This constitutes a different mode of AOP usage
 with different characteristics, so be sure to make yourself familiar with weaving
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ XML configuration:

 The preceding XML is more succinct. However, typos are discovered at runtime rather than
 design time, unless you use an IDE (such as https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/[IntelliJ
-IDEA] or the {spring-site-tools}[Spring Tools]) that supports automatic property
-completion when you create bean definitions. Such IDE assistance is highly recommended.
+IDEA] or the {spring-site-tools}[Spring Tools for Eclipse])
+that supports automatic property completion when you create bean definitions. Such IDE
+assistance is highly recommended.

 You can also configure a `java.util.Properties` instance, as follows:

@@ -339,11 +339,11 @@ In the preceding scenario, using `@Autowired` works well and provides the desire
 modularity, but determining exactly where the autowired bean definitions are declared is
 still somewhat ambiguous. For example, as a developer looking at `ServiceConfig`, how do
 you know exactly where the `@Autowired AccountRepository` bean is declared? It is not
-explicit in the code, and this may be just fine. Note that the
-{spring-site-tools}[Spring Tools] IDE support provides tooling that can render graphs
-showing how everything is wired, which may be all you need. Also, your Java IDE can
-easily find all declarations and uses of the `AccountRepository` type and quickly show
-you the location of `@Bean` methods that return that type.
+explicit in the code, and this may be just fine. Remember that the
+{spring-site-tools}[Spring Tools for Eclipse] provides tooling that
+can render graphs showing how everything is wired, which may be all you need. Also,
+your Java IDE can easily find all declarations and uses of the `AccountRepository` type
+and quickly show you the location of `@Bean` methods that return that type.

 In cases where this ambiguity is not acceptable and you wish to have direct navigation
 from within your IDE from one `@Configuration` class to another, consider autowiring the
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ similar to the https://jakarta.ee/specifications/expression-language/[Jakarta Ex
 Language] but offers additional features, most notably method invocation and basic string
 templating functionality.

-While there are several other Java expression languages available -- OGNL, MVEL, and
-JBoss EL, to name a few -- the Spring Expression Language was created to provide the
-Spring community with a single well supported expression language that can be used across
-all the products in the Spring portfolio. Its language features are driven by the
-requirements of the projects in the Spring portfolio, including tooling requirements for
-code completion within the {spring-site-tools}[Spring Tools] IDE support. That said, SpEL
-is based on a technology-agnostic API that lets other expression language implementations
-be integrated, should the need arise.
+While there are several other Java expression languages available -- OGNL, MVEL, and JBoss
+EL, to name a few -- the Spring Expression Language was created to provide the Spring
+community with a single well supported expression language that can be used across all
+the products in the Spring portfolio. Its language features are driven by the
+requirements of the projects in the Spring portfolio, including tooling requirements
+for code completion support within the {spring-site-tools}[Spring Tools for Eclipse].
+That said, SpEL is based on a technology-agnostic API that lets other expression language
+implementations be integrated, should the need arise.

 While SpEL serves as the foundation for expression evaluation within the Spring
 portfolio, it is not directly tied to Spring and can be used independently. To
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ are set by using the `setVariable()` method in `EvaluationContext` implementatio

 [NOTE]
 ====
-Variable names must begin with a letter (as defined below), an underscore, or a dollar
+Variable names must be begin with a letter (as defined below), an underscore, or a dollar
 sign.

 Variable names must be composed of one or more of the following supported types of
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ configuration options. You should instantiate the `SimpleJdbcInsert` in the data
 layer's initialization method. For this example, the initializing method is the
 `setDataSource` method. You do not need to subclass the `SimpleJdbcInsert` class. Instead,
 you can create a new instance and set the table name by using the `withTableName` method.
-Configuration methods for this class follow the `fluent` style that returns the instance
+Configuration methods for this class follow the `fluid` style that returns the instance
 of the `SimpleJdbcInsert`, which lets you chain all configuration methods. The following
 example uses only one configuration method (we show examples of multiple methods later):

@@ -349,11 +349,11 @@ parameters return the data read from the table.

 You can declare `SimpleJdbcCall` in a manner similar to declaring `SimpleJdbcInsert`. You
 should instantiate and configure the class in the initialization method of your data-access
-layer. In contrast to the `StoredProcedure` class, you do not need to create a subclass,
-and you do not need to declare parameters that can be looked up in the database metadata.
-The following `SimpleJdbcCall` configuration example uses the preceding stored procedure.
-The only configuration option (other than the `DataSource`) is the name of the stored
-procedure.
+layer. Compared to the `StoredProcedure` class, you need not create a subclass
+and you need not to declare parameters that can be looked up in the database metadata.
+The following example of a `SimpleJdbcCall` configuration uses the preceding stored
+procedure (the only configuration option, in addition to the `DataSource`, is the name
+of the stored procedure):

 [tabs]
 ======
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 [[appendix]]
 = Appendix

+
+
+
 [[appendix.xsd-schemas]]
 == XML Schemas

 This part of the appendix lists XML schemas related to integration technologies.

+
+
 [[appendix.xsd-schemas-jee]]
 === The `jee` Schema

@@ -167,7 +172,7 @@ different properties with `jee`:

 The `<jee:local-slsb/>` element configures a reference to a local EJB Stateless Session Bean.

-The following example shows how to configure a reference to a local EJB Stateless Session Bean
+The following example shows how to configures a reference to a local EJB Stateless Session Bean
 without `jee`:

 [source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ without `jee`:
 	</bean>
 ----

-The following example shows how to configure a reference to a local EJB Stateless Session Bean
+The following example shows how to configures a reference to a local EJB Stateless Session Bean
 with `jee`:

 [source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
@@ -195,7 +200,7 @@ with `jee`:

 The `<jee:local-slsb/>` element configures a reference to a local EJB Stateless Session Bean.

-The following example shows how to configure a reference to a local EJB Stateless Session Bean
+The following example shows how to configures a reference to a local EJB Stateless Session Bean
 and a number of properties without `jee`:

 [source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
@@ -210,7 +215,7 @@ and a number of properties without `jee`:
 	</bean>
 ----

-The following example shows how to configure a reference to a local EJB Stateless Session Bean
+The following example shows how to configures a reference to a local EJB Stateless Session Bean
 and a number of properties with `jee`:

 [source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
@@ -229,7 +234,7 @@ and a number of properties with `jee`:

 The `<jee:remote-slsb/>` element configures a reference to a `remote` EJB Stateless Session Bean.

-The following example shows how to configure a reference to a remote EJB Stateless Session Bean
+The following example shows how to configures a reference to a remote EJB Stateless Session Bean
 without `jee`:

 [source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
@@ -246,7 +251,7 @@ without `jee`:
 	</bean>
 ----

-The following example shows how to configure a reference to a remote EJB Stateless Session Bean
+The following example shows how to configures a reference to a remote EJB Stateless Session Bean
 with `jee`:

 [source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
@@ -308,7 +313,7 @@ xref:integration/jmx/naming.adoc#jmx-context-mbeanexport[Configuring Annotation-
 === The `cache` Schema

 You can use the `cache` elements to enable support for Spring's `@CacheEvict`, `@CachePut`,
-and `@Caching` annotations. The `cache` schema also supports declarative XML-based caching. See
+and `@Caching` annotations. It it also supports declarative XML-based caching. See
 xref:integration/cache/annotations.adoc#cache-annotation-enable[Enabling Caching Annotations] and
 xref:integration/cache/declarative-xml.adoc[Declarative XML-based Caching] for details.

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ running the Kotlin compiler with its `-java-parameters` flag for standard Java p

 You can declare configuration classes as
 {kotlin-docs}/nested-classes.html[top level or nested but not inner],
-since the latter requires a reference to the outer class.
+since the later requires a reference to the outer class.
@@ -319,17 +319,9 @@ progresses.
 == Testing

 This section addresses testing with the combination of Kotlin and Spring Framework.
-The recommended testing framework is https://junit.org/[JUnit Jupiter] along with
+The recommended testing framework is https://junit.org/junit5/[JUnit 5] along with
 https://mockk.io/[Mockk] for mocking.

-[TIP]
-====
-Kotlin lets you specify meaningful test function names between backticks (```).
-
-For a concrete example, see the `+++`Find all users on HTML page`()+++` test function later
-in this section.
-====
-
 NOTE: If you are using Spring Boot, see
 {spring-boot-docs-ref}/features/kotlin.html#features.kotlin.testing[this related documentation].

@@ -360,6 +352,7 @@ file with a `spring.test.constructor.autowire.mode = all` property.
 [[per_class-lifecycle]]
 === `PER_CLASS` Lifecycle

+Kotlin lets you specify meaningful test function names between backticks (```).
 With JUnit Jupiter (JUnit 5), Kotlin test classes can use the `@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)`
 annotation to enable single instantiation of test classes, which allows the use of `@BeforeAll`
 and `@AfterAll` annotations on non-static methods, which is a good fit for Kotlin.
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ default mode may be set via the
 xref:appendix.adoc#appendix-spring-properties[`SpringProperties`] mechanism.

 The default mode may also be configured as a
-https://docs.junit.org/current/running-tests/configuration-parameters.html[JUnit Platform configuration parameter].
+https://junit.org/junit5/docs/current/user-guide/#running-tests-config-params[JUnit Platform configuration parameter].

 If the `spring.test.constructor.autowire.mode` property is not set, test class
 constructors will not be automatically autowired.
@@ -5,25 +5,24 @@ It is important to be able to perform some integration testing without requiring
 deployment to your application server or connecting to other enterprise infrastructure.
 Doing so lets you test things such as:

-* The correct wiring of your Spring components.
-* Data access using JDBC or an ORM tool.
-  ** This can include such things as the correctness of SQL statements, Hibernate queries,
-     JPA entity mappings, and so forth.
+* The correct wiring of your Spring IoC container contexts.
+* Data access using JDBC or an ORM tool. This can include such things as the correctness
+  of SQL statements, Hibernate queries, JPA entity mappings, and so forth.

 The Spring Framework provides first-class support for integration testing in the
-`spring-test` module. The name of the actual JAR file might include the release version,
-depending on where you get it from (see the
-{spring-framework-wiki}/Spring-Framework-Artifacts[Spring Framework Artifacts] wiki page
-for details). This library includes the `org.springframework.test` package, which
+`spring-test` module. The name of the actual JAR file might include the release version
+and might also be in the long `org.springframework.test` form, depending on where you get
+it from (see the xref:core/beans/dependencies.adoc[section on Dependency Management]
+for an explanation). This library includes the `org.springframework.test` package, which
 contains valuable classes for integration testing with a Spring container. This testing
 does not rely on an application server or other deployment environment. Such tests are
 slower to run than unit tests but much faster than the equivalent Selenium tests or
 remote tests that rely on deployment to an application server.

 Unit and integration testing support is provided in the form of the annotation-driven
-xref:testing/testcontext-framework.adoc[Spring TestContext Framework]. The TestContext
-framework is agnostic of the actual testing framework in use, which allows
-instrumentation of tests in various environments, including JUnit, TestNG, and others.
+xref:testing/testcontext-framework.adoc[Spring TestContext Framework]. The TestContext framework is
+agnostic of the actual testing framework in use, which allows instrumentation of tests
+in various environments, including JUnit, TestNG, and others.

 The following section provides an overview of the high-level goals of Spring's
 integration support, and the rest of this chapter then focuses on dedicated topics:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ TestNG:
 * Dependency injection for test constructors, test methods, and test lifecycle callback
  methods. See xref:testing/testcontext-framework/support-classes.adoc#testcontext-junit-jupiter-di[Dependency
  Injection with the `SpringExtension`] for further details.
-* Powerful support for link:https://docs.junit.org/current/extensions/conditional-test-execution.html[conditional
+* Powerful support for link:https://junit.org/junit5/docs/current/user-guide/#extensions-conditions[conditional
  test execution] based on SpEL expressions, environment variables, system properties,
  and so on. See the documentation for `@EnabledIf` and `@DisabledIf` in
  xref:testing/annotations/integration-junit-jupiter.adoc[Spring JUnit Jupiter Testing Annotations]
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ for further details.
 === Dependency Injection with the `SpringExtension`

 The `SpringExtension` implements the
-link:https://docs.junit.org/current/extensions/parameter-resolution.html[`ParameterResolver`]
+link:https://junit.org/junit5/docs/current/user-guide/#extensions-parameter-resolution[`ParameterResolver`]
 extension API from JUnit Jupiter, which lets Spring provide dependency injection for test
 constructors, test methods, and test lifecycle callback methods.

@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ of `PlatformTransactionManager` within the test's `ApplicationContext`, you can
 qualifier by using `@Transactional("myTxMgr")` or `@Transactional(transactionManager =
 "myTxMgr")`, or `TransactionManagementConfigurer` can be implemented by an
 `@Configuration` class. Consult the
-{spring-framework-api}/test/context/transaction/TestContextTransactionUtils.html#retrieveTransactionManager(org.springframework.test.context.TestContext,java.lang.String)[javadoc
+{spring-framework-api}/test/context/transaction/TestContextTransactionUtils.html#retrieveTransactionManager-org.springframework.test.context.TestContext-java.lang.String-[javadoc
 for `TestContextTransactionUtils.retrieveTransactionManager()`] for details on the
 algorithm used to look up a transaction manager in the test's `ApplicationContext`.

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ infrastructure and controller declarations and use it to handle requests via moc
 and response objects, without a running server.

 For WebFlux, use the following where the Spring `ApplicationContext` is passed to
-{spring-framework-api}/web/server/adapter/WebHttpHandlerBuilder.html#applicationContext(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext)[WebHttpHandlerBuilder]
+{spring-framework-api}/web/server/adapter/WebHttpHandlerBuilder.html#applicationContext-org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext-[WebHttpHandlerBuilder]
 to create the xref:web/webflux/reactive-spring.adoc#webflux-web-handler-api[WebHandler chain] to handle
 requests:

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ rejected. No CORS headers are added to the responses of simple and actual CORS r
 and, consequently, browsers reject them.

 Each `HandlerMapping` can be
-{spring-framework-api}/web/reactive/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.html#setCorsConfigurations(java.util.Map)[configured]
+{spring-framework-api}/web/reactive/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.html#setCorsConfigurations-java.util.Map-[configured]
 individually with URL pattern-based `CorsConfiguration` mappings. In most cases, applications
 use the WebFlux Java configuration to declare such mappings, which results in a single,
 global map passed to all `HandlerMapping` implementations.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class- or method-level `@CrossOrigin` annotations (other handlers can implement
 The rules for combining global and local configuration are generally additive -- for example,
 all global and all local origins. For those attributes where only a single value can be
 accepted, such as `allowCredentials` and `maxAge`, the local overrides the global value. See
-{spring-framework-api}/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.html#combine(org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration)[`CorsConfiguration#combine(CorsConfiguration)`]
+{spring-framework-api}/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.html#combine-org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration-[`CorsConfiguration#combine(CorsConfiguration)`]
 for more details.

 [TIP]
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ any `@RequestMapping` method to render an RFC 9457 response. This is processed a
 - The `status` property of `ProblemDetail` determines the HTTP status.
 - The `instance` property of `ProblemDetail` is set from the current URL path, if not
 already set.
- The Jackson JSON and XML message converters use "application/problem+json" or
-"application/problem+xml" respectively as the producible media types for `ProblemDetail`
-to ensure they are favored for content negotiation.
+- For content negotiation, the Jackson `HttpMessageConverter` prefers
+"application/problem+json" over "application/json" when rendering a `ProblemDetail`,
+and also falls back on it if no compatible media type is found.

 To enable RFC 9457 responses for Spring WebFlux exceptions and for any
 `ErrorResponseException`, extend `ResponseEntityExceptionHandler` and declare it as an
@@ -114,6 +114,6 @@ and others) and is equivalent to `required=false`.
 | Any other argument
 | If a method argument is not matched to any of the above, it is, by default, resolved as
  a `@RequestParam` if it is a simple type, as determined by
-  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty],
+  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty],
  or as a `@ModelAttribute`, otherwise.
 |===
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ controller method xref:web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-validation.adoc[Validation]

 TIP: Using `@ModelAttribute` is optional. By default, any argument that is not a simple
 value type as determined by
-{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]
+{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]
 _AND_ that is not resolved by any other argument resolver is treated as an implicit `@ModelAttribute`.

 WARNING: When compiling to a native image with GraalVM, the implicit `@ModelAttribute`
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@ When a `@RequestParam` annotation is declared on a `Map<String, String>` or

 Note that use of `@RequestParam` is optional -- for example, to set its attributes. By
 default, any argument that is a simple value type (as determined by
-{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
+{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
 and is not resolved by any other argument resolver is treated as if it were annotated
 with `@RequestParam`.
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ Reactor provides a dedicated operator for that, `Flux#collectList()`.
 | Other return values
 | If a return value remains unresolved in any other way, it is treated as a model
  attribute, unless it is a simple type as determined by
-  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty],
+  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty],
  in which case it remains unresolved.
 |===
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ was not provided (for example, model attribute was returned) or an async return
 view resolution scenarios. Explore the options in your IDE with code completion.
 * `Model`, `Map`: Extra model attributes to be added to the model for the request.
 * Any other: Any other return value (except for simple types, as determined by
-{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
+{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
 is treated as a model attribute to be added to the model. The attribute name is derived
 from the class name by using {spring-framework-api}/core/Conventions.html[conventions],
 unless a handler method `@ModelAttribute` annotation is present.
@@ -418,23 +418,16 @@ See the section on xref:web/webflux-cors.adoc[CORS] and the xref:web/webflux-cor
 You may want your controller endpoints to match routes with or without a trailing slash in the URL path.
 For example, both "GET /home" and "GET /home/" should be handled by a controller method annotated with `@GetMapping("/home")`.

-Spring provides `UrlHandlerFilter` that removes the trailing slash from URL paths to ensure a consistent view of paths with or without a trailing slash.
-This is important to avoid a mismatch between URL-based authorization decisions and web framework request mappings.
-The filter can remove the trailing slash in one of a couple of ways:
+Adding trailing slash variants to all mapping declarations is not the best way to handle this use case.
+The `UrlHandlerFilter` web filter has been designed for this purpose. It can be configured to:

-* respond with an HTTP redirect status that sends clients to the same path without a trailing slash.
-* mutate the request to remove the trailing slash.
+* respond with an HTTP redirect status when receiving URLs with trailing slashes, sending browsers to the non-trailing slash URL variant.
+* mutate the request to act as if the request was sent without a trailing slash and continue the processing of the request.

 Here is how you can instantiate and configure a `UrlHandlerFilter` for a blog application:

 include-code::./UrlHandlerFilterConfiguration[tag=config,indent=0]

-Keep in mind the following:
-
- the root path `"/"` is excluded from trailing slash handling.
- `@RequestMapping("/")` adds a trailing slash to a type-level mapping, and therefore will
-not map when trailing slash handling applies; use `@RequestMapping` (no path attribute) instead.
-

 [[webflux-exception-handler]]
 == Exceptions
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ rejected. No CORS headers are added to the responses of simple and actual CORS r
 and, consequently, browsers reject them.

 Each `HandlerMapping` can be
-{spring-framework-api}/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.html#setCorsConfigurations(java.util.Map)[configured]
+{spring-framework-api}/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.html#setCorsConfigurations-java.util.Map-[configured]
 individually with URL pattern-based `CorsConfiguration` mappings. In most cases, applications
 use the MVC Java configuration or the XML namespace to declare such mappings, which results
 in a single global map being passed to all `HandlerMapping` instances.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class- or method-level `@CrossOrigin` annotations (other handlers can implement
 The rules for combining global and local configuration are generally additive -- for example,
 all global and all local origins. For those attributes where only a single value can be
 accepted, for example, `allowCredentials` and `maxAge`, the local overrides the global value. See
-{spring-framework-api}/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.html#combine(org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration)[`CorsConfiguration#combine(CorsConfiguration)`]
+{spring-framework-api}/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.html#combine-org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration-[`CorsConfiguration#combine(CorsConfiguration)`]
 for more details.

 [TIP]
@@ -120,26 +120,17 @@ See the sections on xref:web/webmvc-cors.adoc[CORS] and the xref:web/webmvc-cors
 == URL Handler
 [.small]#xref:web/webflux/reactive-spring.adoc#filters.url-handler[See equivalent in the Reactive stack]#

-You may want your controller endpoints to match routes with or without a trailing slash in the URL path.
-For example, both "GET /home" and "GET /home/" should be handled by a controller method annotated with `@GetMapping("/home")`.
+In previous Spring Framework versions, Spring MVC could be configured to ignore trailing slashes in URL paths
+when mapping incoming requests on controller methods. This could be done by enabling the `setUseTrailingSlashMatch`
+option on the `PathMatchConfigurer`. This means that sending a "GET /home/" request would be handled by a controller
+method annotated with `@GetMapping("/home")`.

-Spring provides `UrlHandlerFilter` that removes the trailing slash from URL paths to ensure a consistent view of paths with or without a trailing slash.
-This is important to avoid a mismatch between URL-based authorization decisions and web framework request mappings.
-The filter can remove the trailing slash in one of a couple of ways:
+This option has been retired, but applications are still expected to handle such requests in a safe way.
+The `UrlHandlerFilter` Servlet filter has been designed for this purpose. It can be configured to:

-* respond with an HTTP redirect status that sends clients to the same path without a trailing slash.
-* wrap the request to remove the trailing slash.
-
-NOTE: Historically Spring MVC supported trailing slash matching of URL paths.
-This capability was deprecated in 6.0 for security reasons and removed in 7.0 with
-`UrlHandlerFilter` providing a safer alternative.
+* respond with an HTTP redirect status when receiving URLs with trailing slashes, sending browsers to the non-trailing slash URL variant.
+* wrap the request to act as if the request was sent without a trailing slash and continue the processing of the request.

 Here is how you can instantiate and configure a `UrlHandlerFilter` for a blog application:

 include-code::./UrlHandlerFilterConfiguration[tag=config,indent=0]
-
-Keep in mind the following:
-
- the root path `"/"` is excluded from trailing slash handling.
- `@RequestMapping("/")` adds a trailing slash to a type-level mapping, and therefore will
-not map when trailing slash handling applies; use `@RequestMapping` (no path attribute) instead.
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ any `@RequestMapping` method to render an RFC 9457 response. This is processed a
 - The `status` property of `ProblemDetail` determines the HTTP status.
 - The `instance` property of `ProblemDetail` is set from the current URL path, if not
 already set.
- The Jackson JSON and XML codecs use "application/problem+json" or
-"application/problem+xml" respectively as the producible media types for `ProblemDetail`
-to ensure they are favored for content negotiation.
+- For content negotiation, the Jackson `HttpMessageConverter` prefers
+"application/problem+json" over "application/json" when rendering a `ProblemDetail`,
+and also falls back on it if no compatible media type is found.

 To enable RFC 9457 responses for Spring MVC exceptions and for any
 `ErrorResponseException`, extend `ResponseEntityExceptionHandler` and declare it as an
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Message codes and arguments for each error are also resolved via `MessageSource`

 | `TypeMismatchException`
 | (default)
-| `+{0}+` property name, `+{1}+` property value, `+{2}+` simple name of required type
+| `+{0}+` property name, `+{1}+` property value

 | `UnsatisfiedServletRequestParameterException`
 | (default)
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ the content negotiation during the error handling phase will decide which conten

 | Any other return value
 | If a return value is not matched to any of the above and is not a simple type (as determined by
-  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]),
+  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]),
  by default, it is treated as a model attribute to be added to the model. If it is a simple type,
  it remains unresolved.
 |===
@@ -135,6 +135,6 @@ and others) and is equivalent to `required=false`.
 | Any other argument
 | If a method argument is not matched to any of the earlier values in this table and it is
  a simple type (as determined by
-	{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]),
+	{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]),
  it is resolved as a `@RequestParam`. Otherwise, it is resolved as a `@ModelAttribute`.
 |===
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ xref:web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-validation.adoc[Validation].

 TIP: Using `@ModelAttribute` is optional. By default, any parameter that is not a simple
 value type as determined by
-{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]
+{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]
 _AND_ that is not resolved by any other argument resolver is treated as an implicit `@ModelAttribute`.

 WARNING: When compiling to a native image with GraalVM, the implicit `@ModelAttribute`
@@ -117,6 +117,6 @@ Kotlin::

 Note that use of `@RequestParam` is optional (for example, to set its attributes).
 By default, any argument that is a simple value type (as determined by
-{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
+{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
 and is not resolved by any other argument resolver, is treated as if it were annotated
 with `@RequestParam`.
@@ -98,6 +98,6 @@ supported for all return values.
 | Other return values
 | If a return value remains unresolved in any other way, it is treated as a model
  attribute, unless it is a simple type as determined by
-  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty],
+  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty],
  in which case it remains unresolved.
 |===
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ When multiple patterns match a URL, the best match must be selected. This is don
 one of the following depending on whether use of parsed `PathPattern` is enabled for use or not:

 * {spring-framework-api}/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.html#SPECIFICITY_COMPARATOR[`PathPattern.SPECIFICITY_COMPARATOR`]
-* {spring-framework-api}/util/AntPathMatcher.html#getPatternComparator(java.lang.String)[`AntPathMatcher.getPatternComparator(String path)`]
+* {spring-framework-api}/util/AntPathMatcher.html#getPatternComparator-java.lang.String-[`AntPathMatcher.getPatternComparator(String path)`]

 Both help to sort patterns with more specific ones on top. A pattern is more specific if
 it has a lower count of URI variables (counted as 1), single wildcards (counted as 1),
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
  "dependencies": {
-    "antora": "3.2.0-alpha.11",
-    "@antora/atlas-extension": "1.0.0-alpha.5",
-    "@antora/collector-extension": "1.0.2",
+    "antora": "3.2.0-alpha.4",
+    "@antora/atlas-extension": "1.0.0-alpha.2",
+    "@antora/collector-extension": "1.0.0-alpha.3",
    "@asciidoctor/tabs": "1.0.0-beta.6",
-    "@springio/antora-extensions": "1.14.7",
-    "fast-xml-parser": "5.3.4",
-    "@springio/asciidoctor-extensions": "1.0.0-alpha.17"
+    "@springio/antora-extensions": "1.14.2",
+    "fast-xml-parser": "4.5.2",
+    "@springio/asciidoctor-extensions": "1.0.0-alpha.10"
  }
 }
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.

-
 =======================================================================

 SPRING FRAMEWORK ${version} SUBCOMPONENTS:
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ code for these subcomponents is subject to the terms and
 conditions of the following licenses.


->>> ASM 9.9.1 (org.ow2.asm:asm:9.9.1):
+>>> ASM 9.1 (org.ow2.asm:asm:9.1, org.ow2.asm:asm-commons:9.1):

 Copyright (c) 2000-2011 INRIA, France Telecom
 All rights reserved.
@@ -250,8 +249,10 @@ Copyright (c) 1999-2009, OW2 Consortium <https://www.ow2.org/>

 >>> CGLIB 3.3 (cglib:cglib:3.3):

-Per the LICENSE file in the CGLIB distribution, CGLIB 3.3 is licensed
-under the Apache License, version 2.0, the text of which is included above.
+Per the LICENSE file in the CGLIB JAR distribution downloaded from
+https://github.com/cglib/cglib/releases/download/RELEASE_3_3_0/cglib-3.3.0.jar,
+CGLIB 3.3 is licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0, the text of which
+is included above.


 >>> JavaPoet 1.13.0 (com.squareup:javapoet:1.13.0):
@@ -262,18 +263,18 @@ JavaPoet 1.13.0 is licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0, the text of
 which is included above.


->>> Objenesis 3.5 (org.objenesis:objenesis:3.5):
+>>> Objenesis 3.4 (org.objenesis:objenesis:3.4):

-Per the LICENSE file in the Objenesis distribution downloaded from
-http://objenesis.org/download.html, Objenesis 3.5 is licensed under the
+Per the LICENSE file in the Objenesis ZIP distribution downloaded from
+http://objenesis.org/download.html, Objenesis 3.4 is licensed under the
 Apache License, version 2.0, the text of which is included above.

-Per the NOTICE file in the Objenesis distribution downloaded from
+Per the NOTICE file in the Objenesis ZIP distribution downloaded from
 http://objenesis.org/download.html and corresponding to section 4d of the
 Apache License, Version 2.0, in this case for Objenesis:

 Objenesis
-Copyright 2006-2026 Joe Walnes, Henri Tremblay, Leonardo Mesquita
+Copyright 2006-2019 Joe Walnes, Henri Tremblay, Leonardo Mesquita


 ===============================================================================
@@ -8,20 +8,20 @@ javaPlatform {

 dependencies {
 	api(platform("com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.18.5"))
-	api(platform("io.micrometer:micrometer-bom:1.15.9"))
-	api(platform("io.netty:netty-bom:4.1.130.Final"))
+	api(platform("io.micrometer:micrometer-bom:1.14.13"))
+	api(platform("io.netty:netty-bom:4.1.128.Final"))
 	api(platform("io.netty:netty5-bom:5.0.0.Alpha5"))
-	api(platform("io.projectreactor:reactor-bom:2024.0.15"))
+	api(platform("io.projectreactor:reactor-bom:2024.0.12"))
 	api(platform("io.rsocket:rsocket-bom:1.1.5"))
-	api(platform("org.apache.groovy:groovy-bom:4.0.30"))
+	api(platform("org.apache.groovy:groovy-bom:4.0.29"))
 	api(platform("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.21.1"))
-	api(platform("org.assertj:assertj-bom:3.27.7"))
+	api(platform("org.assertj:assertj-bom:3.27.6"))
 	api(platform("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-bom:12.0.30"))
 	api(platform("org.eclipse.jetty.ee10:jetty-ee10-bom:12.0.30"))
 	api(platform("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-bom:1.8.1"))
 	api(platform("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-bom:1.6.3"))
-	api(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.14.2"))
-	api(platform("org.mockito:mockito-bom:5.21.0"))
+	api(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.14.1"))
+	api(platform("org.mockito:mockito-bom:5.20.0"))

 	constraints {
 		api("com.fasterxml:aalto-xml:1.3.4")
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ dependencies {
 		api("com.google.code.findbugs:findbugs:3.0.1")
 		api("com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2")
 		api("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.2")
-		api("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.33.4")
+		api("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.32.1")
 		api("com.h2database:h2:2.3.232")
-		api("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.10.0")
+		api("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.9.0")
 		api("com.oracle.database.jdbc:ojdbc11:21.9.0.0")
 		api("com.rometools:rome:1.19.0")
 		api("com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:3.14.9")
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ dependencies {
 		api("junit:junit:4.13.2")
 		api("net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:5.0.4")
 		api("org.apache-extras.beanshell:bsh:2.0b6")
-		api("org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker:5.17.7")
-		api("org.apache.activemq:activemq-kahadb-store:5.17.7")
-		api("org.apache.activemq:activemq-stomp:5.17.7")
-		api("org.apache.activemq:artemis-jakarta-client:2.42.0")
-		api("org.apache.activemq:artemis-junit-5:2.42.0")
+        api("org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker:5.17.7")
+        api("org.apache.activemq:activemq-kahadb-store:5.17.7")
+        api("org.apache.activemq:activemq-stomp:5.17.7")
+        api("org.apache.activemq:artemis-jakarta-client:2.42.0")
+        api("org.apache.activemq:artemis-junit-5:2.42.0")
 		api("org.apache.commons:commons-pool2:2.9.0")
 		api("org.apache.derby:derby:10.16.1.1")
 		api("org.apache.derby:derbyclient:10.16.1.1")
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ dependencies {
 		api("org.hibernate:hibernate-core-jakarta:5.6.15.Final")
 		api("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:7.0.5.Final")
 		api("org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.7.4")
-		api("org.htmlunit:htmlunit:4.21.0")
+		api("org.htmlunit:htmlunit:4.18.0")
 		api("org.javamoney:moneta:1.4.4")
 		api("org.jruby:jruby:9.4.13.0")
 		api("org.junit.support:testng-engine:1.0.5")
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ dependencies {
 		api("org.ogce:xpp3:1.1.6")
 		api("org.python:jython-standalone:2.7.4")
 		api("org.quartz-scheduler:quartz:2.3.2")
-		api("org.seleniumhq.selenium:htmlunit3-driver:4.40.0")
-		api("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:4.40.0")
+		api("org.seleniumhq.selenium:htmlunit3-driver:4.38.0")
+		api("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:4.38.0")
 		api("org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.5.3")
 		api("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17")
 		api("org.testng:testng:7.11.0")
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=6.2.16
+version=6.2.14

 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m
@@ -489,9 +489,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor extends AbstractPropertyA
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
 	public Class<?> getPropertyType(String propertyName) throws BeansException {
-		if (this.wrappedObject == null) {
-			return null;
-		}
 		try {
 			PropertyHandler ph = getPropertyHandler(propertyName);
 			if (ph != null) {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor implements

 	@Override
 	@Nullable
-	protected PropertyHandler getLocalPropertyHandler(String propertyName) {
+	protected BeanPropertyHandler getLocalPropertyHandler(String propertyName) {
 		PropertyDescriptor pd = getCachedIntrospectionResults().getPropertyDescriptor(propertyName);
 		return (pd != null ? new BeanPropertyHandler((GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor) pd) : null);
 	}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class DirectFieldAccessor extends AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor {

 	@Override
 	@Nullable
-	protected PropertyHandler getLocalPropertyHandler(String propertyName) {
+	protected FieldPropertyHandler getLocalPropertyHandler(String propertyName) {
 		FieldPropertyHandler propertyHandler = this.fieldMap.get(propertyName);
 		if (propertyHandler == null) {
 			Field field = ReflectionUtils.findField(getWrappedClass(), propertyName);
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TreeMap;

-import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 *
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
- * @author Sam Brannen
 */
 abstract class PropertyDescriptorUtils {

@@ -101,13 +99,14 @@ abstract class PropertyDescriptorUtils {
 				}
 				else {
 					Method readMethod = pd.getReadMethod();
-					if (readMethod == null || readMethod.getReturnType().isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType())) {
+					if (readMethod == null ||
+							(readMethod.getReturnType() == method.getReturnType() && method.getName().startsWith("is"))) {
 						pd.setReadMethod(method);
 					}
 				}
 			}
 			else {
-				pd = new BasicPropertyDescriptor(propertyName, beanClass, (!setter ? method : null), (setter ? method : null));
+				pd = new BasicPropertyDescriptor(propertyName, (!setter ? method : null), (setter ? method : null));
 				pdMap.put(propertyName, pd);
 			}
 		}
@@ -265,8 +264,6 @@ abstract class PropertyDescriptorUtils {
 	 */
 	private static class BasicPropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {

-		private final Class<?> beanClass;
-
 		@Nullable
 		private Method readMethod;

@@ -275,11 +272,10 @@ abstract class PropertyDescriptorUtils {

 		private final List<Method> alternativeWriteMethods = new ArrayList<>();

-		public BasicPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, @Nullable Method readMethod, @Nullable Method writeMethod)
+		public BasicPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, @Nullable Method readMethod, @Nullable Method writeMethod)
 				throws IntrospectionException {

 			super(propertyName, readMethod, writeMethod);
-			this.beanClass = beanClass;
 		}

 		@Override
@@ -311,24 +307,14 @@ abstract class PropertyDescriptorUtils {
 		public Method getWriteMethod() {
 			if (this.writeMethod == null && !this.alternativeWriteMethods.isEmpty()) {
 				if (this.readMethod == null) {
-					this.writeMethod = this.alternativeWriteMethods.get(0);
+					return this.alternativeWriteMethods.get(0);
 				}
 				else {
 					for (Method method : this.alternativeWriteMethods) {
-						// Check subtype match first.
 						if (this.readMethod.getReturnType().isAssignableFrom(method.getParameterTypes()[0])) {
 							this.writeMethod = method;
 							break;
 						}
-						// Check exact match against resolved generic parameter type as a fallback.
-						if (!(method.getGenericParameterTypes()[0] instanceof Class<?>)) {
-							Class<?> resolvedParameterType =
-									ResolvableType.forMethodParameter(method, 0, this.beanClass).toClass();
-							if (this.readMethod.getReturnType().equals(resolvedParameterType)) {
-								this.writeMethod = method;
-								break;
-							}
-						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -336,4 +322,5 @@ abstract class PropertyDescriptorUtils {
 		}
 	}

+
 }
@@ -376,12 +376,9 @@ public class QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver extends GenericTypeAwa
 		}
 		MethodParameter methodParam = descriptor.getMethodParameter();
 		if (methodParam != null) {
-			Method method = methodParam.getMethod();
-			if (method == null || void.class == method.getReturnType()) {
-				for (Annotation annotation : methodParam.getMethodAnnotations()) {
-					if (isQualifier(annotation.annotationType())) {
-						return true;
-					}
+			for (Annotation annotation : methodParam.getMethodAnnotations()) {
+				if (isQualifier(annotation.annotationType())) {
+					return true;
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements
 	public void registerContainedBean(String containedBeanName, String containingBeanName) {
 		synchronized (this.containedBeanMap) {
 			Set<String> containedBeans =
-					this.containedBeanMap.computeIfAbsent(containingBeanName, key -> new LinkedHashSet<>(8));
+					this.containedBeanMap.computeIfAbsent(containingBeanName, k -> new LinkedHashSet<>(8));
 			if (!containedBeans.add(containedBeanName)) {
 				return;
 			}
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements

 		synchronized (this.dependentBeanMap) {
 			Set<String> dependentBeans =
-					this.dependentBeanMap.computeIfAbsent(canonicalName, key -> new LinkedHashSet<>(8));
+					this.dependentBeanMap.computeIfAbsent(canonicalName, k -> new LinkedHashSet<>(8));
 			if (!dependentBeans.add(dependentBeanName)) {
 				return;
 			}
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements

 		synchronized (this.dependenciesForBeanMap) {
 			Set<String> dependenciesForBean =
-					this.dependenciesForBeanMap.computeIfAbsent(dependentBeanName, key -> new LinkedHashSet<>(8));
+					this.dependenciesForBeanMap.computeIfAbsent(dependentBeanName, k -> new LinkedHashSet<>(8));
 			dependenciesForBean.add(canonicalName);
 		}
 	}
@@ -33,12 +33,10 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.UUID;

-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;

-import org.springframework.beans.PropertyDescriptorUtilsPropertyResolutionTests.ServiceWithOverriddenGetterAndOverloadedSetter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.testfixture.beans.DerivedTestBean;
@@ -69,14 +67,14 @@ class BeanUtilsTests {

 	@Test
 	void instantiateClassGivenInterface() {
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(FatalBeanException.class)
-				.isThrownBy(() -> BeanUtils.instantiateClass(List.class));
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(FatalBeanException.class).isThrownBy(() ->
+				BeanUtils.instantiateClass(List.class));
 	}

 	@Test
 	void instantiateClassGivenClassWithoutDefaultConstructor() {
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(FatalBeanException.class)
-				.isThrownBy(() -> BeanUtils.instantiateClass(CustomDateEditor.class));
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(FatalBeanException.class).isThrownBy(() ->
+				BeanUtils.instantiateClass(CustomDateEditor.class));
 	}

 	@Test  // gh-22531
@@ -93,16 +91,16 @@ class BeanUtilsTests {
 	void instantiateClassWithFewerArgsThanParameters() throws NoSuchMethodException {
 		Constructor<BeanWithPrimitiveTypes> constructor = getBeanWithPrimitiveTypesConstructor();

-		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanInstantiationException.class)
-				.isThrownBy(() -> BeanUtils.instantiateClass(constructor, null, null, "foo"));
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanInstantiationException.class).isThrownBy(() ->
+				BeanUtils.instantiateClass(constructor, null, null, "foo"));
 	}

 	@Test  // gh-22531
 	void instantiateClassWithMoreArgsThanParameters() throws NoSuchMethodException {
 		Constructor<BeanWithPrimitiveTypes> constructor = getBeanWithPrimitiveTypesConstructor();

-		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanInstantiationException.class)
-				.isThrownBy(() -> BeanUtils.instantiateClass(constructor, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, "foo", null));
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanInstantiationException.class).isThrownBy(() ->
+				BeanUtils.instantiateClass(constructor, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, "foo", null));
 	}

 	@Test  // gh-22531, gh-27390
@@ -159,6 +157,267 @@ class BeanUtilsTests {
 		assertThat(BeanUtils.findEditorByConvention(Resource.class).getClass()).isEqualTo(ResourceEditor.class);
 	}

+	@Test
+	void copyProperties() throws Exception {
+		TestBean tb = new TestBean();
+		tb.setName("rod");
+		tb.setAge(32);
+		tb.setTouchy("touchy");
+		TestBean tb2 = new TestBean();
+		assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name empty").isNull();
+		assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age empty").isEqualTo(0);
+		assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy empty").isNull();
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(tb, tb2);
+		assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name copied").isEqualTo(tb.getName());
+		assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age copied").isEqualTo(tb.getAge());
+		assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy copied").isEqualTo(tb.getTouchy());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesWithDifferentTypes1() throws Exception {
+		DerivedTestBean tb = new DerivedTestBean();
+		tb.setName("rod");
+		tb.setAge(32);
+		tb.setTouchy("touchy");
+		TestBean tb2 = new TestBean();
+		assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name empty").isNull();
+		assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age empty").isEqualTo(0);
+		assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy empty").isNull();
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(tb, tb2);
+		assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name copied").isEqualTo(tb.getName());
+		assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age copied").isEqualTo(tb.getAge());
+		assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy copied").isEqualTo(tb.getTouchy());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesWithDifferentTypes2() throws Exception {
+		TestBean tb = new TestBean();
+		tb.setName("rod");
+		tb.setAge(32);
+		tb.setTouchy("touchy");
+		DerivedTestBean tb2 = new DerivedTestBean();
+		assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name empty").isNull();
+		assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age empty").isEqualTo(0);
+		assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy empty").isNull();
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(tb, tb2);
+		assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name copied").isEqualTo(tb.getName());
+		assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age copied").isEqualTo(tb.getAge());
+		assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy copied").isEqualTo(tb.getTouchy());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@code Integer} can be copied to {@code Number}.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesFromSubTypeToSuperType() {
+		IntegerHolder integerHolder = new IntegerHolder();
+		integerHolder.setNumber(42);
+		NumberHolder numberHolder = new NumberHolder();
+
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(integerHolder, numberHolder);
+		assertThat(integerHolder.getNumber()).isEqualTo(42);
+		assertThat(numberHolder.getNumber()).isEqualTo(42);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@code List<Integer>} can be copied to {@code List<Integer>}.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesHonorsGenericTypeMatchesFromIntegerToInteger() {
+		IntegerListHolder1 integerListHolder1 = new IntegerListHolder1();
+		integerListHolder1.getList().add(42);
+		IntegerListHolder2 integerListHolder2 = new IntegerListHolder2();
+
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(integerListHolder1, integerListHolder2);
+		assertThat(integerListHolder1.getList()).containsExactly(42);
+		assertThat(integerListHolder2.getList()).containsExactly(42);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@code List<?>} can be copied to {@code List<?>}.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesHonorsGenericTypeMatchesFromWildcardToWildcard() {
+		List<?> list = List.of("foo", 42);
+		WildcardListHolder1 wildcardListHolder1 = new WildcardListHolder1();
+		wildcardListHolder1.setList(list);
+		WildcardListHolder2 wildcardListHolder2 = new WildcardListHolder2();
+		assertThat(wildcardListHolder2.getList()).isEmpty();
+
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(wildcardListHolder1, wildcardListHolder2);
+		assertThat(wildcardListHolder1.getList()).isEqualTo(list);
+		assertThat(wildcardListHolder2.getList()).isEqualTo(list);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@code List<Integer>} can be copied to {@code List<?>}.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesHonorsGenericTypeMatchesFromIntegerToWildcard() {
+		IntegerListHolder1 integerListHolder1 = new IntegerListHolder1();
+		integerListHolder1.getList().add(42);
+		WildcardListHolder2 wildcardListHolder2 = new WildcardListHolder2();
+
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(integerListHolder1, wildcardListHolder2);
+		assertThat(integerListHolder1.getList()).containsExactly(42);
+		assertThat(wildcardListHolder2.getList()).isEqualTo(List.of(42));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@code List<Integer>} can be copied to {@code List<? extends Number>}.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesHonorsGenericTypeMatchesForUpperBoundedWildcard() {
+		IntegerListHolder1 integerListHolder1 = new IntegerListHolder1();
+		integerListHolder1.getList().add(42);
+		NumberUpperBoundedWildcardListHolder numberListHolder = new NumberUpperBoundedWildcardListHolder();
+
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(integerListHolder1, numberListHolder);
+		assertThat(integerListHolder1.getList()).containsExactly(42);
+		assertThat(numberListHolder.getList()).isEqualTo(List.of(42));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@code Number} can NOT be copied to {@code Integer}.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesDoesNotCopyFromSuperTypeToSubType() {
+		NumberHolder numberHolder = new NumberHolder();
+		numberHolder.setNumber(42);
+		IntegerHolder integerHolder = new IntegerHolder();
+
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(numberHolder, integerHolder);
+		assertThat(numberHolder.getNumber()).isEqualTo(42);
+		assertThat(integerHolder.getNumber()).isNull();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@code List<Integer>} can NOT be copied to {@code List<Long>}.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesDoesNotHonorGenericTypeMismatches() {
+		IntegerListHolder1 integerListHolder = new IntegerListHolder1();
+		integerListHolder.getList().add(42);
+		LongListHolder longListHolder = new LongListHolder();
+
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(integerListHolder, longListHolder);
+		assertThat(integerListHolder.getList()).containsExactly(42);
+		assertThat(longListHolder.getList()).isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@code List<Integer>} can NOT be copied to {@code List<Number>}.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesDoesNotHonorGenericTypeMismatchesFromSubTypeToSuperType() {
+		IntegerListHolder1 integerListHolder = new IntegerListHolder1();
+		integerListHolder.getList().add(42);
+		NumberListHolder numberListHolder = new NumberListHolder();
+
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(integerListHolder, numberListHolder);
+		assertThat(integerListHolder.getList()).containsExactly(42);
+		assertThat(numberListHolder.getList()).isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	@Test  // gh-26531
+	void copyPropertiesIgnoresGenericsIfSourceOrTargetHasUnresolvableGenerics() throws Exception {
+		Order original = new Order("test", List.of("foo", "bar"));
+
+		// Create a Proxy that loses the generic type information for the getLineItems() method.
+		OrderSummary proxy = (OrderSummary) Proxy.newProxyInstance(getClass().getClassLoader(),
+				new Class<?>[] {OrderSummary.class}, new OrderInvocationHandler(original));
+		assertThat(OrderSummary.class.getDeclaredMethod("getLineItems").toGenericString())
+				.contains("java.util.List<java.lang.String>");
+		assertThat(proxy.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("getLineItems").toGenericString())
+				.contains("java.util.List")
+				.doesNotContain("<java.lang.String>");
+
+		// Ensure that our custom Proxy works as expected.
+		assertThat(proxy.getId()).isEqualTo("test");
+		assertThat(proxy.getLineItems()).containsExactly("foo", "bar");
+
+		// Copy from proxy to target.
+		Order target = new Order();
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(proxy, target);
+		assertThat(target.getId()).isEqualTo("test");
+		assertThat(target.getLineItems()).containsExactly("foo", "bar");
+	}
+
+	@Test  // gh-32888
+	public void copyPropertiesWithGenericCglibClass() {
+		Enhancer enhancer = new Enhancer();
+		enhancer.setSuperclass(User.class);
+		enhancer.setCallback((MethodInterceptor) (obj, method, args, proxy) -> proxy.invokeSuper(obj, args));
+		User user = (User) enhancer.create();
+		user.setId(1);
+		user.setName("proxy");
+		user.setAddress("addr");
+
+		User target = new User();
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(user, target);
+		assertThat(target.getId()).isEqualTo(user.getId());
+		assertThat(target.getName()).isEqualTo(user.getName());
+		assertThat(target.getAddress()).isEqualTo(user.getAddress());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesWithEditable() throws Exception {
+		TestBean tb = new TestBean();
+		assertThat(tb.getName()).as("Name empty").isNull();
+		tb.setAge(32);
+		tb.setTouchy("bla");
+		TestBean tb2 = new TestBean();
+		tb2.setName("rod");
+		assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age empty").isEqualTo(0);
+		assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy empty").isNull();
+
+		// "touchy" should not be copied: it's not defined in ITestBean
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(tb, tb2, ITestBean.class);
+		assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name copied").isNull();
+		assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age copied").isEqualTo(32);
+		assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy still empty").isNull();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesWithIgnore() throws Exception {
+		TestBean tb = new TestBean();
+		assertThat(tb.getName()).as("Name empty").isNull();
+		tb.setAge(32);
+		tb.setTouchy("bla");
+		TestBean tb2 = new TestBean();
+		tb2.setName("rod");
+		assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age empty").isEqualTo(0);
+		assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy empty").isNull();
+
+		// "spouse", "touchy", "age" should not be copied
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(tb, tb2, "spouse", "touchy", "age");
+		assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name copied").isNull();
+		assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age still empty").isEqualTo(0);
+		assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy still empty").isNull();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesWithIgnoredNonExistingProperty() {
+		NameAndSpecialProperty source = new NameAndSpecialProperty();
+		source.setName("name");
+		TestBean target = new TestBean();
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(source, target, "specialProperty");
+		assertThat(target.getName()).isEqualTo("name");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void copyPropertiesWithInvalidProperty() {
+		InvalidProperty source = new InvalidProperty();
+		source.setName("name");
+		source.setFlag1(true);
+		source.setFlag2(true);
+		InvalidProperty target = new InvalidProperty();
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(source, target);
+		assertThat(target.getName()).isEqualTo("name");
+		assertThat((boolean) target.getFlag1()).isTrue();
+		assertThat(target.getFlag2()).isTrue();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void resolveSimpleSignature() throws Exception {
 		Method desiredMethod = MethodSignatureBean.class.getMethod("doSomething");
@@ -168,14 +427,14 @@ class BeanUtilsTests {

 	@Test
 	void resolveInvalidSignatureEndParen() {
-		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
-				.isThrownBy(() -> BeanUtils.resolveSignature("doSomething(", MethodSignatureBean.class));
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() ->
+				BeanUtils.resolveSignature("doSomething(", MethodSignatureBean.class));
 	}

 	@Test
 	void resolveInvalidSignatureStartParen() {
-		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
-				.isThrownBy(() -> BeanUtils.resolveSignature("doSomething)", MethodSignatureBean.class));
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() ->
+				BeanUtils.resolveSignature("doSomething)", MethodSignatureBean.class));
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -279,283 +538,6 @@ class BeanUtilsTests {
 	}


-	@Nested
-	class CopyPropertiesTests {
-
-		@Test
-		void copyProperties() throws Exception {
-			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
-			tb.setName("rod");
-			tb.setAge(32);
-			tb.setTouchy("touchy");
-			TestBean tb2 = new TestBean();
-			assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name empty").isNull();
-			assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age empty").isEqualTo(0);
-			assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy empty").isNull();
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(tb, tb2);
-			assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name copied").isEqualTo(tb.getName());
-			assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age copied").isEqualTo(tb.getAge());
-			assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy copied").isEqualTo(tb.getTouchy());
-		}
-
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesWithDifferentTypes1() throws Exception {
-			DerivedTestBean tb = new DerivedTestBean();
-			tb.setName("rod");
-			tb.setAge(32);
-			tb.setTouchy("touchy");
-			TestBean tb2 = new TestBean();
-			assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name empty").isNull();
-			assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age empty").isEqualTo(0);
-			assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy empty").isNull();
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(tb, tb2);
-			assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name copied").isEqualTo(tb.getName());
-			assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age copied").isEqualTo(tb.getAge());
-			assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy copied").isEqualTo(tb.getTouchy());
-		}
-
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesWithDifferentTypes2() throws Exception {
-			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
-			tb.setName("rod");
-			tb.setAge(32);
-			tb.setTouchy("touchy");
-			DerivedTestBean tb2 = new DerivedTestBean();
-			assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name empty").isNull();
-			assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age empty").isEqualTo(0);
-			assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy empty").isNull();
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(tb, tb2);
-			assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name copied").isEqualTo(tb.getName());
-			assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age copied").isEqualTo(tb.getAge());
-			assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy copied").isEqualTo(tb.getTouchy());
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * {@code Integer} can be copied to {@code Number}.
-		 */
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesFromSubTypeToSuperType() {
-			IntegerHolder integerHolder = new IntegerHolder();
-			integerHolder.setNumber(42);
-			NumberHolder numberHolder = new NumberHolder();
-
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(integerHolder, numberHolder);
-			assertThat(integerHolder.getNumber()).isEqualTo(42);
-			assertThat(numberHolder.getNumber()).isEqualTo(42);
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * {@code List<Integer>} can be copied to {@code List<Integer>}.
-		 */
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesHonorsGenericTypeMatchesFromIntegerToInteger() {
-			IntegerListHolder1 integerListHolder1 = new IntegerListHolder1();
-			integerListHolder1.getList().add(42);
-			IntegerListHolder2 integerListHolder2 = new IntegerListHolder2();
-
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(integerListHolder1, integerListHolder2);
-			assertThat(integerListHolder1.getList()).containsExactly(42);
-			assertThat(integerListHolder2.getList()).containsExactly(42);
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * {@code List<?>} can be copied to {@code List<?>}.
-		 */
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesHonorsGenericTypeMatchesFromWildcardToWildcard() {
-			List<?> list = List.of("foo", 42);
-			WildcardListHolder1 wildcardListHolder1 = new WildcardListHolder1();
-			wildcardListHolder1.setList(list);
-			WildcardListHolder2 wildcardListHolder2 = new WildcardListHolder2();
-			assertThat(wildcardListHolder2.getList()).isEmpty();
-
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(wildcardListHolder1, wildcardListHolder2);
-			assertThat(wildcardListHolder1.getList()).isEqualTo(list);
-			assertThat(wildcardListHolder2.getList()).isEqualTo(list);
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * {@code List<Integer>} can be copied to {@code List<?>}.
-		 */
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesHonorsGenericTypeMatchesFromIntegerToWildcard() {
-			IntegerListHolder1 integerListHolder1 = new IntegerListHolder1();
-			integerListHolder1.getList().add(42);
-			WildcardListHolder2 wildcardListHolder2 = new WildcardListHolder2();
-
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(integerListHolder1, wildcardListHolder2);
-			assertThat(integerListHolder1.getList()).containsExactly(42);
-			assertThat(wildcardListHolder2.getList()).isEqualTo(List.of(42));
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * {@code List<Integer>} can be copied to {@code List<? extends Number>}.
-		 */
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesHonorsGenericTypeMatchesForUpperBoundedWildcard() {
-			IntegerListHolder1 integerListHolder1 = new IntegerListHolder1();
-			integerListHolder1.getList().add(42);
-			NumberUpperBoundedWildcardListHolder numberListHolder = new NumberUpperBoundedWildcardListHolder();
-
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(integerListHolder1, numberListHolder);
-			assertThat(integerListHolder1.getList()).containsExactly(42);
-			assertThat(numberListHolder.getList()).isEqualTo(List.of(42));
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * {@code Number} can NOT be copied to {@code Integer}.
-		 */
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesDoesNotCopyFromSuperTypeToSubType() {
-			NumberHolder numberHolder = new NumberHolder();
-			numberHolder.setNumber(42);
-			IntegerHolder integerHolder = new IntegerHolder();
-
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(numberHolder, integerHolder);
-			assertThat(numberHolder.getNumber()).isEqualTo(42);
-			assertThat(integerHolder.getNumber()).isNull();
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * {@code List<Integer>} can NOT be copied to {@code List<Long>}.
-		 */
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesDoesNotHonorGenericTypeMismatches() {
-			IntegerListHolder1 integerListHolder = new IntegerListHolder1();
-			integerListHolder.getList().add(42);
-			LongListHolder longListHolder = new LongListHolder();
-
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(integerListHolder, longListHolder);
-			assertThat(integerListHolder.getList()).containsExactly(42);
-			assertThat(longListHolder.getList()).isEmpty();
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * {@code List<Integer>} can NOT be copied to {@code List<Number>}.
-		 */
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesDoesNotHonorGenericTypeMismatchesFromSubTypeToSuperType() {
-			IntegerListHolder1 integerListHolder = new IntegerListHolder1();
-			integerListHolder.getList().add(42);
-			NumberListHolder numberListHolder = new NumberListHolder();
-
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(integerListHolder, numberListHolder);
-			assertThat(integerListHolder.getList()).containsExactly(42);
-			assertThat(numberListHolder.getList()).isEmpty();
-		}
-
-		@Test  // gh-26531
-		void copyPropertiesIgnoresGenericsIfSourceOrTargetHasUnresolvableGenerics() throws Exception {
-			Order original = new Order("test", List.of("foo", "bar"));
-
-			// Create a Proxy that loses the generic type information for the getLineItems() method.
-			OrderSummary proxy = (OrderSummary) Proxy.newProxyInstance(getClass().getClassLoader(),
-				new Class<?>[] {OrderSummary.class}, new OrderInvocationHandler(original));
-			assertThat(OrderSummary.class.getDeclaredMethod("getLineItems").toGenericString())
-					.contains("java.util.List<java.lang.String>");
-			assertThat(proxy.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("getLineItems").toGenericString())
-					.contains("java.util.List")
-					.doesNotContain("<java.lang.String>");
-
-			// Ensure that our custom Proxy works as expected.
-			assertThat(proxy.getId()).isEqualTo("test");
-			assertThat(proxy.getLineItems()).containsExactly("foo", "bar");
-
-			// Copy from proxy to target.
-			Order target = new Order();
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(proxy, target);
-			assertThat(target.getId()).isEqualTo("test");
-			assertThat(target.getLineItems()).containsExactly("foo", "bar");
-		}
-
-		@Test  // gh-32888
-		void copyPropertiesWithGenericCglibClass() {
-			Enhancer enhancer = new Enhancer();
-			enhancer.setSuperclass(User.class);
-			enhancer.setCallback((MethodInterceptor) (obj, method, args, proxy) -> proxy.invokeSuper(obj, args));
-			User user = (User) enhancer.create();
-			user.setId(1);
-			user.setName("proxy");
-			user.setAddress("addr");
-
-			User target = new User();
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(user, target);
-			assertThat(target.getId()).isEqualTo(user.getId());
-			assertThat(target.getName()).isEqualTo(user.getName());
-			assertThat(target.getAddress()).isEqualTo(user.getAddress());
-		}
-
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesWithEditable() throws Exception {
-			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
-			assertThat(tb.getName()).as("Name empty").isNull();
-			tb.setAge(32);
-			tb.setTouchy("bla");
-			TestBean tb2 = new TestBean();
-			tb2.setName("rod");
-			assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age empty").isEqualTo(0);
-			assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy empty").isNull();
-
-			// "touchy" should not be copied: it's not defined in ITestBean
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(tb, tb2, ITestBean.class);
-			assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name copied").isNull();
-			assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age copied").isEqualTo(32);
-			assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy still empty").isNull();
-		}
-
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesWithIgnore() throws Exception {
-			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
-			assertThat(tb.getName()).as("Name empty").isNull();
-			tb.setAge(32);
-			tb.setTouchy("bla");
-			TestBean tb2 = new TestBean();
-			tb2.setName("rod");
-			assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age empty").isEqualTo(0);
-			assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy empty").isNull();
-
-			// "spouse", "touchy", "age" should not be copied
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(tb, tb2, "spouse", "touchy", "age");
-			assertThat(tb2.getName()).as("Name copied").isNull();
-			assertThat(tb2.getAge()).as("Age still empty").isEqualTo(0);
-			assertThat(tb2.getTouchy()).as("Touchy still empty").isNull();
-		}
-
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesWithIgnoredNonExistingProperty() {
-			NameAndSpecialProperty source = new NameAndSpecialProperty();
-			source.setName("name");
-			TestBean target = new TestBean();
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(source, target, "specialProperty");
-			assertThat(target.getName()).isEqualTo("name");
-		}
-
-		@Test
-		void copyPropertiesWithInvalidProperty() {
-			InvalidProperty source = new InvalidProperty();
-			source.setName("name");
-			source.setFlag1(true);
-			source.setFlag2(true);
-			InvalidProperty target = new InvalidProperty();
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(source, target);
-			assertThat(target.getName()).isEqualTo("name");
-			assertThat((boolean) target.getFlag1()).isTrue();
-			assertThat(target.getFlag2()).isTrue();
-		}
-
-		@Test  // gh-36019
-		void copyPropertiesHonorsGenericsInTypeHieararchyAndIgnoresOverloadedSetterMethod() {
-			var source = new ServiceWithOverriddenGetterAndOverloadedSetter();
-			var target = new ServiceWithOverriddenGetterAndOverloadedSetter();
-
-			source.setId(1);
-			BeanUtils.copyProperties(source, target);
-
-			assertThat(target.getId()).isEqualTo(source.getId()).isEqualTo("1");
-		}
-	}
-
-
 	public record RecordWithMultiplePublicConstructors(String value, String name) {
 		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 		public RecordWithMultiplePublicConstructors(String value) {
@@ -1,265 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-present the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.beans;
-
-import java.beans.Introspector;
-import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Named;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.params.Parameter;
-import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedClass;
-import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.FieldSource;
-
-import static java.util.stream.Collectors.groupingBy;
-import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assumptions.assumeThat;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.SoftAssertions.assertSoftly;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Named.named;
-
-/**
- * Unit tests for property descriptor resolution via
- * {@link PropertyDescriptorUtils#determineBasicProperties(Class)}.
- *
- * <p>Results are compared to the behavior of the standard {@link Introspector}.
- *
- * @author Sam Brannen
- * @since 6.2.16
- */
-@ParameterizedClass(name = "{0}")
-@FieldSource("resolvers")
-class PropertyDescriptorUtilsPropertyResolutionTests {
-
-	static final List<Named<PropertiesResolver>> resolvers = List.of(
-			named("Basic Properties", new BasicPropertiesResolver()),
-			named("Standard Properties", new StandardPropertiesResolver()));
-
-
-	@Parameter
-	PropertiesResolver resolver;
-
-
-	@Test
-	void determineBasicPropertiesWithUnresolvedGenericsInInterface() {
-		var pdMap = resolver.resolve(GenericService.class);
-
-		assertThat(pdMap).containsOnlyKeys("id");
-		assertReadAndWriteMethodsForId(pdMap.get("id"), Object.class, Object.class);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void determineBasicPropertiesWithUnresolvedGenericsInSubInterface() {
-		// FYI: java.beans.Introspector does not resolve properties for sub-interfaces.
-		assumeThat(resolver).isNotInstanceOf(StandardPropertiesResolver.class);
-
-		var pdMap = resolver.resolve(SubGenericService.class);
-
-		assertThat(pdMap).containsOnlyKeys("id");
-		assertReadAndWriteMethodsForId(pdMap.get("id"), Object.class, Object.class);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void resolvePropertiesWithUnresolvedGenericsInClass() {
-		var pdMap = resolver.resolve(BaseService.class);
-
-		assertReadAndWriteMethodsForClassAndId(pdMap, Object.class, Object.class);
-	}
-
-	@Test  // gh-36019
-	void resolvePropertiesInSubclassWithOverriddenGetterAndSetter() {
-		var pdMap = resolver.resolve(ServiceWithOverriddenGetterAndSetter.class);
-
-		assertReadAndWriteMethodsForClassAndId(pdMap, String.class, String.class);
-	}
-
-	@Test  // gh-36019
-	void resolvePropertiesWithUnresolvedGenericsInSubclassWithOverloadedSetter() {
-		var pdMap = resolver.resolve(ServiceWithOverloadedSetter.class);
-
-		assertReadAndWriteMethodsForClassAndId(pdMap, Object.class, Object.class);
-	}
-
-	@Test  // gh-36019
-	void resolvePropertiesWithPartiallyUnresolvedGenericsInSubclassWithOverriddenGetter() {
-		var pdMap = resolver.resolve(ServiceWithOverriddenGetter.class);
-
-		assertReadAndWriteMethodsForClassAndId(pdMap, String.class, Object.class);
-	}
-
-	@Test  // gh-36019
-	void resolvePropertiesWithPartiallyUnresolvedGenericsInSubclassWithOverriddenGetterAndOverloadedSetter() {
-		var pdMap = resolver.resolve(ServiceWithOverriddenGetterAndOverloadedSetter.class);
-
-		assertReadAndWriteMethodsForClassAndId(pdMap, String.class, Object.class);
-	}
-
-
-	private static void assertReadAndWriteMethodsForClassAndId(Map<String, List<PropertyDescriptor>> pdMap,
-			Class<?> readType, Class<?> writeType) {
-
-		assertThat(pdMap).containsOnlyKeys("class", "id");
-		assertReadAndWriteMethodsForClass(pdMap.get("class"));
-		assertReadAndWriteMethodsForId(pdMap.get("id"), readType, writeType);
-	}
-
-	private static void assertReadAndWriteMethodsForClass(List<PropertyDescriptor> pds) {
-		assertThat(pds).hasSize(1);
-		var pd = pds.get(0);
-		assertThat(pd.getName()).isEqualTo("class");
-
-		var readMethod = pd.getReadMethod();
-		assertThat(readMethod.getName()).isEqualTo("getClass");
-		assertThat(readMethod.getReturnType()).as("read type").isEqualTo(Class.class);
-		assertThat(readMethod.getParameterCount()).isZero();
-
-		assertThat(pd.getWriteMethod()).as("write method").isNull();
-	}
-
-	private static void assertReadAndWriteMethodsForId(List<PropertyDescriptor> pds, Class<?> readType, Class<?> writeType) {
-		assertThat(pds).hasSize(1);
-		var pd = pds.get(0);
-		assertThat(pd.getName()).isEqualTo("id");
-
-		var readMethod = pd.getReadMethod();
-		var writeMethod = pd.getWriteMethod();
-
-		assertSoftly(softly -> {
-			softly.assertThat(readMethod.getName()).isEqualTo("getId");
-			softly.assertThat(readMethod.getReturnType()).as("read type").isEqualTo(readType);
-			softly.assertThat(readMethod.getParameterCount()).isZero();
-
-			softly.assertThat(writeMethod).as("write method").isNotNull();
-			if (writeMethod != null) {
-				softly.assertThat(writeMethod.getName()).isEqualTo("setId");
-				softly.assertThat(writeMethod.getReturnType()).isEqualTo(void.class);
-				softly.assertThat(writeMethod.getParameterCount()).isEqualTo(1);
-				softly.assertThat(writeMethod.getParameterTypes()[0]).as("write type").isEqualTo(writeType);
-			}
-		});
-	}
-
-	private static Map<String, List<PropertyDescriptor>> toMap(Stream<? extends PropertyDescriptor> stream) {
-		return stream.collect(groupingBy(PropertyDescriptor::getName, toList()));
-	}
-
-
-	interface PropertiesResolver {
-
-		Map<String, List<PropertyDescriptor>> resolve(Class<?> beanClass);
-	}
-
-	static class BasicPropertiesResolver implements PropertiesResolver {
-
-		@Override
-		public Map<String, List<PropertyDescriptor>> resolve(Class<?> beanClass) {
-			try {
-				var pds = PropertyDescriptorUtils.determineBasicProperties(beanClass);
-				return toMap(pds.stream());
-			}
-			catch (Exception ex) {
-				throw new RuntimeException(ex);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	static class StandardPropertiesResolver implements PropertiesResolver {
-
-		@Override
-		public Map<String, List<PropertyDescriptor>> resolve(Class<?> beanClass) {
-			try {
-				var beanInfo = Introspector.getBeanInfo(beanClass);
-				return toMap(Arrays.stream(beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors()));
-			}
-			catch (Exception ex) {
-				throw new RuntimeException(ex);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	interface GenericService<T> {
-
-		void setId(T id);
-
-		T getId();
-	}
-
-	interface SubGenericService<T> extends GenericService<T> {
-	}
-
-	static class BaseService<T> {
-
-		private T id;
-
-		public T getId() {
-			return id;
-		}
-
-		public void setId(T id) {
-			this.id = id;
-		}
-	}
-
-	static class ServiceWithOverriddenGetterAndSetter extends BaseService<String>
-			implements SubGenericService<String> {
-
-		@Override
-		public String getId() {
-			return super.getId();
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public void setId(String id) {
-			super.setId(id);
-		}
-	}
-
-	static class ServiceWithOverloadedSetter extends BaseService<String>
-			implements SubGenericService<String> {
-
-		public void setId(int id) {
-			setId(String.valueOf(id));
-		}
-	}
-
-	static class ServiceWithOverriddenGetter extends BaseService<String>
-			implements SubGenericService<String> {
-
-		@Override
-		public String getId() {
-			return super.getId();
-		}
-	}
-
-	static class ServiceWithOverriddenGetterAndOverloadedSetter extends BaseService<String>
-			implements SubGenericService<String> {
-
-		@Override
-		public String getId() {
-			return super.getId();
-		}
-
-		public void setId(int id) {
-			setId(String.valueOf(id));
-		}
-	}
-
-}
@@ -2112,8 +2112,8 @@ class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("factoryBeanDependentBean", new RootBeanDefinition(FactoryBeanDependentBean.class));
 		bf.registerSingleton("stringFactoryBean", new StringFactoryBean());

-		StringFactoryBean factoryBean = (StringFactoryBean) bf.getBean("&stringFactoryBean");
-		FactoryBeanDependentBean bean = (FactoryBeanDependentBean) bf.getBean("factoryBeanDependentBean");
+		final StringFactoryBean factoryBean = (StringFactoryBean) bf.getBean("&stringFactoryBean");
+		final FactoryBeanDependentBean bean = (FactoryBeanDependentBean) bf.getBean("factoryBeanDependentBean");

 		assertThat(factoryBean).as("The singleton StringFactoryBean should have been registered.").isNotNull();
 		assertThat(bean).as("The factoryBeanDependentBean should have been registered.").isNotNull();
@@ -2724,7 +2724,6 @@ class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 		bf.registerSingleton("nonNullBean", "Test");
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mixedNullableInjectionBean",
 				new RootBeanDefinition(MixedNullableInjectionBean.class));
-
 		MixedNullableInjectionBean mixedNullableInjectionBean = bf.getBean(MixedNullableInjectionBean.class);
 		assertThat(mixedNullableInjectionBean.nonNullBean).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(mixedNullableInjectionBean.nullableBean).isNull();
@@ -2735,7 +2734,6 @@ class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 		bf.registerSingleton("nonNullBean", "Test");
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mixedOptionalInjectionBean",
 				new RootBeanDefinition(MixedOptionalInjectionBean.class));
-
 		MixedOptionalInjectionBean mixedOptionalInjectionBean = bf.getBean(MixedOptionalInjectionBean.class);
 		assertThat(mixedOptionalInjectionBean.nonNullBean).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(mixedOptionalInjectionBean.nullableBean).isNull();
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ class InjectAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("factoryBeanDependentBean", new RootBeanDefinition(FactoryBeanDependentBean.class));
 		bf.registerSingleton("stringFactoryBean", new StringFactoryBean());

-		StringFactoryBean factoryBean = (StringFactoryBean) bf.getBean("&stringFactoryBean");
-		FactoryBeanDependentBean bean = (FactoryBeanDependentBean) bf.getBean("factoryBeanDependentBean");
+		final StringFactoryBean factoryBean = (StringFactoryBean) bf.getBean("&stringFactoryBean");
+		final FactoryBeanDependentBean bean = (FactoryBeanDependentBean) bf.getBean("factoryBeanDependentBean");

 		assertThat(factoryBean).as("The singleton StringFactoryBean should have been registered.").isNotNull();
 		assertThat(bean).as("The factoryBeanDependentBean should have been registered.").isNotNull();
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ class InjectAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {

 		private ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory;

+
 		public ConstructorResourceInjectionBean() {
 			throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
 		}
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class UtilNamespaceHandlerTests {


 	// For DependencyDescriptor resolution
-	Map<String, TestBean> mapWithRef;
-	Map<String, TestBean> mapWithTypes;
+	private Map<String, TestBean> mapWithRef;
+	private Map<String, TestBean> mapWithTypes;

 }
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 class CaffeineReactiveCachingTests {

 	@ParameterizedTest
-	@ValueSource(classes = {AsyncCacheModeConfig.class, AsyncCacheModeWithoutNullValuesConfig.class})
+	@ValueSource(classes = {AsyncCacheModeConfig.class, AsyncCacheModeConfig.class})
 	void cacheHitDetermination(Class<?> configClass) {
 		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(configClass, ReactiveCacheableService.class);
 		ReactiveCacheableService service = ctx.getBean(ReactiveCacheableService.class);
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ class CaffeineReactiveCachingTests {
 		ctx.close();
 	}

+
 	@ParameterizedTest
-	@ValueSource(classes = {AsyncCacheModeConfig.class, AsyncCacheModeWithoutNullValuesConfig.class})
+	@ValueSource(classes = {AsyncCacheModeConfig.class, AsyncCacheModeConfig.class})
 	void fluxCacheDoesntDependOnFirstRequest(Class<?> configClass) {
 		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(configClass, ReactiveCacheableService.class);
 		ReactiveCacheableService service = ctx.getBean(ReactiveCacheableService.class);
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ class JCacheEhCacheApiTests extends AbstractValueAdaptingCacheTests<JCacheCache>
 		this.cacheManager.createCache(CACHE_NAME_NO_NULL, new MutableConfiguration<>());
 		this.nativeCache = this.cacheManager.getCache(CACHE_NAME);
 		this.cache = new JCacheCache(this.nativeCache);
-		Cache<Object, Object> nativeCacheNoNull = this.cacheManager.getCache(CACHE_NAME_NO_NULL);
+		Cache<Object, Object> nativeCacheNoNull =
+				this.cacheManager.getCache(CACHE_NAME_NO_NULL);
 		this.cacheNoNull = new JCacheCache(nativeCacheNoNull, false);
 	}

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class CacheAdviceParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 			builder.setUnless(getAttributeValue(opElement, "unless", ""));
 			builder.setSync(Boolean.parseBoolean(getAttributeValue(opElement, "sync", "false")));

-			Collection<CacheOperation> col = cacheOpMap.computeIfAbsent(nameHolder, key -> new ArrayList<>(2));
+			Collection<CacheOperation> col = cacheOpMap.computeIfAbsent(nameHolder, k -> new ArrayList<>(2));
 			col.add(builder.build());
 		}

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class CacheAdviceParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 				builder.setBeforeInvocation(Boolean.parseBoolean(after.trim()));
 			}

-			Collection<CacheOperation> col = cacheOpMap.computeIfAbsent(nameHolder, key -> new ArrayList<>(2));
+			Collection<CacheOperation> col = cacheOpMap.computeIfAbsent(nameHolder, k -> new ArrayList<>(2));
 			col.add(builder.build());
 		}

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class CacheAdviceParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 					parserContext.getReaderContext(), new CachePutOperation.Builder());
 			builder.setUnless(getAttributeValue(opElement, "unless", ""));

-			Collection<CacheOperation> col = cacheOpMap.computeIfAbsent(nameHolder, key -> new ArrayList<>(2));
+			Collection<CacheOperation> col = cacheOpMap.computeIfAbsent(nameHolder, k -> new ArrayList<>(2));
 			col.add(builder.build());
 		}

@@ -39,12 +39,10 @@ class CacheEvaluationContextFactory {
 	@Nullable
 	private Supplier<ParameterNameDiscoverer> parameterNameDiscoverer;

-
 	CacheEvaluationContextFactory(StandardEvaluationContext originalContext) {
 		this.originalContext = originalContext;
 	}

-
 	public void setParameterNameDiscoverer(Supplier<ParameterNameDiscoverer> parameterNameDiscoverer) {
 		this.parameterNameDiscoverer = parameterNameDiscoverer;
 	}
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ class CacheEvaluationContextFactory {
 		return this.parameterNameDiscoverer.get();
 	}

-
 	/**
 	 * Creates a {@link CacheEvaluationContext} for the specified operation.
 	 * @param rootObject the {@code root} object to use for the context
@@ -172,25 +172,22 @@ public class ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver extends QualifierAnnotat
 				}
 			}

-			boolean cacheable = false;
-			if (!autowiredBeanNames.isEmpty()) {
-				cacheable = true;
-				for (String autowiredBeanName : autowiredBeanNames) {
-					if (!this.beanFactory.containsBean(autowiredBeanName)) {
+			boolean cacheable = true;
+			for (String autowiredBeanName : autowiredBeanNames) {
+				if (!this.beanFactory.containsBean(autowiredBeanName)) {
+					cacheable = false;
+				}
+				else {
+					if (this.beanName != null) {
+						this.beanFactory.registerDependentBean(autowiredBeanName, this.beanName);
+					}
+					if (!this.beanFactory.isSingleton(autowiredBeanName)) {
 						cacheable = false;
 					}
-					else {
-						if (this.beanName != null) {
-							this.beanFactory.registerDependentBean(autowiredBeanName, this.beanName);
-						}
-						if (!this.beanFactory.isSingleton(autowiredBeanName)) {
-							cacheable = false;
-						}
-					}
 				}
-			}
-			if (cacheable) {
-				this.cachedTarget = target;
+				if (cacheable) {
+					this.cachedTarget = target;
+				}
 			}

 			return target;
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
@@ -631,7 +630,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 				finishRefresh();
 			}

-			catch (RuntimeException | Error ex) {
+			catch (RuntimeException | Error ex ) {
 				if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
 					logger.warn("Exception encountered during context initialization - " +
 							"cancelling refresh attempt: " + ex);
@@ -1068,9 +1067,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 			this.shutdownHook = new Thread(SHUTDOWN_HOOK_THREAD_NAME) {
 				@Override
 				public void run() {
-					if (!tryLockForShutdown()) {
+					if (isStartupShutdownThreadStuck()) {
+						active.set(false);
 						return;
 					}
+					startupShutdownLock.lock();
 					try {
 						doClose();
 					}
@@ -1083,30 +1084,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 		}
 	}

-	/**
-	 * Try to acquire the common startup/shutdown lock, backing out if
-	 * the main startup/shutdown thread is stuck or on interruption.
-	 * @see #isStartupShutdownThreadStuck()
-	 */
-	private boolean tryLockForShutdown() {
-		try {
-			while (!this.startupShutdownLock.tryLock(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
-				if (!this.active.get() || this.closed.get()) {
-					return false;
-				}
-				if (isStartupShutdownThreadStuck()) {
-					this.active.set(false);
-					return false;
-				}
-			}
-			return true;
-		}
-		catch (InterruptedException ex) {
-			Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Determine whether an active startup/shutdown thread is currently stuck,
 	 * for example, through a {@code System.exit} call in a user component.
@@ -1118,7 +1095,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 			activeThread.interrupt();
 			try {
 				// Leave just a little bit of time for the interruption to show effect
-				Thread.sleep(10);
+				Thread.sleep(1);
 			}
 			catch (InterruptedException ex) {
 				Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
@@ -1140,10 +1117,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public void close() {
-		if (!tryLockForShutdown()) {
+		if (isStartupShutdownThreadStuck()) {
+			this.active.set(false);
 			return;
 		}

+		this.startupShutdownLock.lock();
 		try {
 			this.startupShutdownThread = Thread.currentThread();

@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ public class ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor
 		try {
 			task = ScheduledAnnotationReactiveSupport.createSubscriptionRunnable(method, bean, scheduled,
 					this.registrar::getObservationRegistry,
-					this.reactiveSubscriptions.computeIfAbsent(bean, key -> new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>()));
+					this.reactiveSubscriptions.computeIfAbsent(bean, k -> new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>()));
 		}
 		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not create recurring task for @Scheduled method '" +
@@ -377,45 +377,47 @@ public class LocalValidatorFactoryBean extends SpringValidatorAdapter
 	protected void postProcessConfiguration(Configuration<?> configuration) {
 	}

-	private ValidatorFactory obtainValidatorFactory() {
-		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
-		return this.validatorFactory;
-	}
-

 	@Override
 	public Validator getValidator() {
-		return obtainValidatorFactory().getValidator();
+		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
+		return this.validatorFactory.getValidator();
 	}

 	@Override
 	public ValidatorContext usingContext() {
-		return obtainValidatorFactory().usingContext();
+		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
+		return this.validatorFactory.usingContext();
 	}

 	@Override
 	public MessageInterpolator getMessageInterpolator() {
-		return obtainValidatorFactory().getMessageInterpolator();
+		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
+		return this.validatorFactory.getMessageInterpolator();
 	}

 	@Override
 	public TraversableResolver getTraversableResolver() {
-		return obtainValidatorFactory().getTraversableResolver();
+		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
+		return this.validatorFactory.getTraversableResolver();
 	}

 	@Override
 	public ConstraintValidatorFactory getConstraintValidatorFactory() {
-		return obtainValidatorFactory().getConstraintValidatorFactory();
+		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
+		return this.validatorFactory.getConstraintValidatorFactory();
 	}

 	@Override
 	public ParameterNameProvider getParameterNameProvider() {
-		return obtainValidatorFactory().getParameterNameProvider();
+		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
+		return this.validatorFactory.getParameterNameProvider();
 	}

 	@Override
 	public ClockProvider getClockProvider() {
-		return obtainValidatorFactory().getClockProvider();
+		Assert.state(this.validatorFactory != null, "No target ValidatorFactory set");
+		return this.validatorFactory.getClockProvider();
 	}

 	@Override
@@ -425,8 +427,8 @@ public class LocalValidatorFactoryBean extends SpringValidatorAdapter
 			try {
 				return super.unwrap(type);
 			}
-			catch (ValidationException ignored) {
-				// Trying ValidatorFactory unwrapping next
+			catch (ValidationException ex) {
+				// Ignore - we'll try ValidatorFactory unwrapping next
 			}
 		}
 		if (this.validatorFactory != null) {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.support.MessageSourceResourceBundle;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;

 /**
- * Implementation of Hibernate Validator's {@link ResourceBundleLocator} interface,
+ * Implementation of Hibernate Validator 4.3/5.x's {@link ResourceBundleLocator} interface,
 * exposing a Spring {@link MessageSource} as localized {@link MessageSourceResourceBundle}.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ public class MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator implements ResourceBundleLocator

 	private final MessageSource messageSource;

-
 	/**
 	 * Build a MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator for the given MessageSource.
 	 * @param messageSource the Spring MessageSource to wrap
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ public class MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator implements ResourceBundleLocator
 		this.messageSource = messageSource;
 	}

-
 	@Override
 	public ResourceBundle getResourceBundle(Locale locale) {
 		return new MessageSourceResourceBundle(this.messageSource, locale);
@@ -134,15 +134,20 @@ class ResourceElementResolverMethodTests {

 		private String one;

+		private String test;
+
+		private Integer count;

 		public void setOne(String one) {
 			this.one = one;
 		}

 		public void setTest(String test) {
+			this.test = test;
 		}

 		public void setCount(Integer count) {
+			this.count = count;
 		}
 	}

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.springframework.context.annotation.configuration;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;

@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanDefinitionParsingException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
@@ -102,16 +100,6 @@ class AutowiredConfigurationTests {
 		context.close();
 	}

-	@Test
-	void testAutowiredConfigurationMethodDependenciesWithQualifier() {
-		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(
-				QualifiedAutowiredMethodConfig.class);
-
-		assertThat(context.getBeansOfType(Colour.class)).isEmpty();
-		assertThat(context.getBean(TestBean.class).getName()).isEmpty();
-		context.close();
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	void testAutowiredSingleConstructorSupported() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
@@ -309,25 +297,6 @@ class AutowiredConfigurationTests {
 	}


-	@Configuration
-	static class QualifiedAutowiredMethodConfig {
-
-		@Bean
-		@Qualifier("testBean")
-		public TestBean testBean(Optional<Colour> colour, Optional<List<Colour>> colours) {
-			if (!colour.isEmpty() || !colours.isEmpty()) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected match: " + colour + " " + colours);
-			}
-			return new TestBean("");
-		}
-
-		@Bean
-		public List<?> someList() {
-			return Collections.singletonList(new TestBean("shouldNotMatch"));
-		}
-	}
-
-
 	@Configuration
 	static class AutowiredConstructorConfig {

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class ApplicationContextLifecycleTests {
 	@Test
 	void beansStart() {
 		AbstractApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("lifecycleTests.xml", getClass());
-
 		context.start();
 		LifecycleTestBean bean1 = (LifecycleTestBean) context.getBean("bean1");
 		LifecycleTestBean bean2 = (LifecycleTestBean) context.getBean("bean2");
@@ -40,14 +39,12 @@ class ApplicationContextLifecycleTests {
 		assertThat(bean2.isRunning()).as(error).isTrue();
 		assertThat(bean3.isRunning()).as(error).isTrue();
 		assertThat(bean4.isRunning()).as(error).isTrue();
-
 		context.close();
 	}

 	@Test
 	void beansStop() {
 		AbstractApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("lifecycleTests.xml", getClass());
-
 		context.start();
 		LifecycleTestBean bean1 = (LifecycleTestBean) context.getBean("bean1");
 		LifecycleTestBean bean2 = (LifecycleTestBean) context.getBean("bean2");
@@ -58,21 +55,18 @@ class ApplicationContextLifecycleTests {
 		assertThat(bean2.isRunning()).as(startError).isTrue();
 		assertThat(bean3.isRunning()).as(startError).isTrue();
 		assertThat(bean4.isRunning()).as(startError).isTrue();
-
 		context.stop();
 		String stopError = "bean was not stopped";
 		assertThat(bean1.isRunning()).as(stopError).isFalse();
 		assertThat(bean2.isRunning()).as(stopError).isFalse();
 		assertThat(bean3.isRunning()).as(stopError).isFalse();
 		assertThat(bean4.isRunning()).as(stopError).isFalse();
-
 		context.close();
 	}

 	@Test
 	void startOrder() {
 		AbstractApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("lifecycleTests.xml", getClass());
-
 		context.start();
 		LifecycleTestBean bean1 = (LifecycleTestBean) context.getBean("bean1");
 		LifecycleTestBean bean2 = (LifecycleTestBean) context.getBean("bean2");
@@ -87,14 +81,12 @@ class ApplicationContextLifecycleTests {
 		assertThat(bean2.getStartOrder()).as(orderError).isGreaterThan(bean1.getStartOrder());
 		assertThat(bean3.getStartOrder()).as(orderError).isGreaterThan(bean2.getStartOrder());
 		assertThat(bean4.getStartOrder()).as(orderError).isGreaterThan(bean2.getStartOrder());
-
 		context.close();
 	}

 	@Test
 	void stopOrder() {
 		AbstractApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("lifecycleTests.xml", getClass());
-
 		context.start();
 		context.stop();
 		LifecycleTestBean bean1 = (LifecycleTestBean) context.getBean("bean1");
@@ -110,7 +102,6 @@ class ApplicationContextLifecycleTests {
 		assertThat(bean2.getStopOrder()).as(orderError).isLessThan(bean1.getStopOrder());
 		assertThat(bean3.getStopOrder()).as(orderError).isLessThan(bean2.getStopOrder());
 		assertThat(bean4.getStopOrder()).as(orderError).isLessThan(bean2.getStopOrder());
-
 		context.close();
 	}

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class PeriodicTriggerTests {
 	void equalsVerification() {
 		PeriodicTrigger trigger1 = new PeriodicTrigger(Duration.ofMillis(3000));
 		PeriodicTrigger trigger2 = new PeriodicTrigger(Duration.ofMillis(3000));
-		assertThat(trigger1).isNotEqualTo(new String("not a trigger"));
+		assertThat(trigger1.equals(new String("not a trigger"))).isFalse();
 		assertThat(trigger1).isNotEqualTo(null);
 		assertThat(trigger1).isEqualTo(trigger1);
 		assertThat(trigger2).isEqualTo(trigger2);
@@ -60,13 +60,18 @@ class BshScriptFactoryTests {
 		Calculator calc = (Calculator) ctx.getBean("calculator");
 		Messenger messenger = (Messenger) ctx.getBean("messenger");

-		assertThat(calc).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isNotInstanceOf(Refreshable.class);
-		assertThat(messenger).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isNotInstanceOf(Refreshable.class);
+		boolean condition3 = calc instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition3).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
+		boolean condition2 = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition2).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();

 		assertThat(calc).isEqualTo(calc);
 		assertThat(messenger).isEqualTo(messenger);
+		boolean condition1 = !messenger.equals(calc);
+		assertThat(condition1).isTrue();
 		assertThat(messenger.hashCode()).isNotEqualTo(calc.hashCode());
-		assertThat(messenger.toString()).isNotEqualTo(calc.toString());
+		boolean condition = !messenger.toString().equals(calc.toString());
+		assertThat(condition).isTrue();

 		assertThat(calc.add(2, 3)).isEqualTo(5);

@@ -139,7 +144,8 @@ class BshScriptFactoryTests {
 		ConfigurableMessenger messenger2 = (ConfigurableMessenger) ctx.getBean("messengerPrototype");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Shouldn't get proxy when refresh is disabled").isFalse();
-		assertThat(messenger).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isNotInstanceOf(Refreshable.class);
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();

 		assertThat(messenger2).isNotSameAs(messenger);
 		assertThat(messenger2.getClass()).isSameAs(messenger.getClass());
@@ -158,7 +164,8 @@ class BshScriptFactoryTests {
 		Messenger messenger = (Messenger) ctx.getBean("messenger");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Should be a proxy for refreshable scripts").isTrue();
-		assertThat(messenger).as("Should be an instance of Refreshable").isInstanceOf(Refreshable.class);
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).as("Should be an instance of Refreshable").isTrue();

 		String desiredMessage = "Hello World!";
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).as("Message is incorrect").isEqualTo(desiredMessage);
@@ -178,7 +185,8 @@ class BshScriptFactoryTests {
 		ConfigurableMessenger messenger2 = (ConfigurableMessenger) ctx.getBean("messengerPrototype");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Should be a proxy for refreshable scripts").isTrue();
-		assertThat(messenger).as("Should be an instance of Refreshable").isInstanceOf(Refreshable.class);
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).as("Should be an instance of Refreshable").isTrue();

 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");
 		assertThat(messenger2.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");
@@ -198,9 +206,9 @@ class BshScriptFactoryTests {

 	@Test
 	void scriptCompilationException() {
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(NestedRuntimeException.class)
-				.isThrownBy(() -> new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("org/springframework/scripting/bsh/bshBrokenContext.xml"))
-				.matches(ex -> ex.contains(ScriptCompilationException.class));
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(NestedRuntimeException.class).isThrownBy(() ->
+				new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("org/springframework/scripting/bsh/bshBrokenContext.xml"))
+			.matches(ex -> ex.contains(ScriptCompilationException.class));
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -219,17 +227,20 @@ class BshScriptFactoryTests {

 	@Test
 	void ctorWithNullScriptSourceLocator() {
-		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> new BshScriptFactory(null, Messenger.class));
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() ->
+				new BshScriptFactory(null, Messenger.class));
 	}

 	@Test
 	void ctorWithEmptyScriptSourceLocator() {
-		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> new BshScriptFactory("", Messenger.class));
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() ->
+				new BshScriptFactory("", Messenger.class));
 	}

 	@Test
 	void ctorWithWhitespacedScriptSourceLocator() {
-		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() -> new BshScriptFactory("\n   ", Messenger.class));
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() ->
+				new BshScriptFactory("\n   ", Messenger.class));
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -244,7 +255,8 @@ class BshScriptFactoryTests {

 		Messenger messenger = (Messenger) ctx.getBean("messenger");
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");
-		assertThat(messenger).isNotInstanceOf(Refreshable.class);
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).isFalse();

 		Messenger messengerImpl = (Messenger) ctx.getBean("messengerImpl");
 		assertThat(messengerImpl.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");
@@ -293,7 +305,8 @@ class BshScriptFactoryTests {
 		ConfigurableApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("bsh-with-xsd.xml", getClass());
 		Calculator calculator = (Calculator) ctx.getBean("calculator");
 		assertThat(calculator).isNotNull();
-		assertThat(calculator).isNotInstanceOf(Refreshable.class);
+		boolean condition = calculator instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).isFalse();
 		ctx.close();
 	}

@@ -302,7 +315,8 @@ class BshScriptFactoryTests {
 		ConfigurableApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("bsh-with-xsd.xml", getClass());
 		Messenger messenger = (Messenger) ctx.getBean("refreshableMessenger");
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");
-		assertThat(messenger).as("Messenger should be Refreshable").isInstanceOf(Refreshable.class);
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).as("Messenger should be Refreshable").isTrue();
 		ctx.close();
 	}

@@ -78,14 +78,18 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(calc)).as("Shouldn't get proxy when refresh is disabled").isFalse();
 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Shouldn't get proxy when refresh is disabled").isFalse();

-		assertThat(calc instanceof Refreshable).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
+		boolean condition3 = calc instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition3).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
+		boolean condition2 = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition2).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();

 		assertThat(calc).isEqualTo(calc);
 		assertThat(messenger).isEqualTo(messenger);
-		assertThat(messenger).isNotEqualTo(calc);
+		boolean condition1 = !messenger.equals(calc);
+		assertThat(condition1).isTrue();
 		assertThat(messenger.hashCode()).isNotEqualTo(calc.hashCode());
-		assertThat(messenger.toString()).isNotEqualTo(calc.toString());
+		boolean condition = !messenger.toString().equals(calc.toString());
+		assertThat(condition).isTrue();

 		String desiredMessage = "Hello World!";
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).as("Message is incorrect").isEqualTo(desiredMessage);
@@ -107,14 +111,18 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(calc)).as("Shouldn't get proxy when refresh is disabled").isFalse();
 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Shouldn't get proxy when refresh is disabled").isFalse();

-		assertThat(calc instanceof Refreshable).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
+		boolean condition3 = calc instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition3).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
+		boolean condition2 = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition2).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();

 		assertThat(calc).isEqualTo(calc);
 		assertThat(messenger).isEqualTo(messenger);
-		assertThat(messenger).isNotEqualTo(calc);
+		boolean condition1 = !messenger.equals(calc);
+		assertThat(condition1).isTrue();
 		assertThat(messenger.hashCode()).isNotEqualTo(calc.hashCode());
-		assertThat(messenger.toString()).isNotEqualTo(calc.toString());
+		boolean condition = !messenger.toString().equals(calc.toString());
+		assertThat(condition).isTrue();

 		String desiredMessage = "Hello World!";
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).as("Message is incorrect").isEqualTo(desiredMessage);
@@ -130,7 +138,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		ConfigurableMessenger messenger2 = (ConfigurableMessenger) ctx.getBean("messengerPrototype");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Shouldn't get proxy when refresh is disabled").isFalse();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();

 		assertThat(messenger2).isNotSameAs(messenger);
 		assertThat(messenger2.getClass()).isSameAs(messenger.getClass());
@@ -149,7 +158,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		ConfigurableMessenger messenger2 = (ConfigurableMessenger) ctx.getBean("messengerPrototype");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Shouldn't get proxy when refresh is disabled").isFalse();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();

 		assertThat(messenger2).isNotSameAs(messenger);
 		assertThat(messenger2.getClass()).isSameAs(messenger.getClass());
@@ -168,7 +178,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		Messenger messenger = (Messenger) ctx.getBean("messengerInstance");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Shouldn't get proxy when refresh is disabled").isFalse();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();

 		String desiredMessage = "Hello World!";
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).as("Message is incorrect").isEqualTo(desiredMessage);
@@ -182,7 +193,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		Messenger messenger = (Messenger) ctx.getBean("messengerInstance");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Shouldn't get proxy when refresh is disabled").isFalse();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();

 		String desiredMessage = "Hello World!";
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).as("Message is incorrect").isEqualTo(desiredMessage);
@@ -196,7 +208,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		Messenger messenger = (Messenger) ctx.getBean("messengerInstanceInline");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Shouldn't get proxy when refresh is disabled").isFalse();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();

 		String desiredMessage = "Hello World!";
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).as("Message is incorrect").isEqualTo(desiredMessage);
@@ -210,7 +223,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		Messenger messenger = (Messenger) ctx.getBean("messengerInstanceInline");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Shouldn't get proxy when refresh is disabled").isFalse();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).as("Scripted object should not be instance of Refreshable").isFalse();

 		String desiredMessage = "Hello World!";
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).as("Message is incorrect").isEqualTo(desiredMessage);
@@ -223,7 +237,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		Messenger messenger = (Messenger) ctx.getBean("messenger");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Should be a proxy for refreshable scripts").isTrue();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).as("Should be an instance of Refreshable").isTrue();
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).as("Should be an instance of Refreshable").isTrue();

 		String desiredMessage = "Hello World!";
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).as("Message is incorrect").isEqualTo(desiredMessage);
@@ -242,7 +257,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		ConfigurableMessenger messenger2 = (ConfigurableMessenger) ctx.getBean("messengerPrototype");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).as("Should be a proxy for refreshable scripts").isTrue();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).as("Should be an instance of Refreshable").isTrue();
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).as("Should be an instance of Refreshable").isTrue();

 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");
 		assertThat(messenger2.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");
@@ -355,7 +371,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		CallCounter countingAspect = (CallCounter) ctx.getBean("getMessageAspect");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).isTrue();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).isFalse();
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).isFalse();
 		assertThat(countingAspect.getCalls()).isEqualTo(0);
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");
 		assertThat(countingAspect.getCalls()).isEqualTo(1);
@@ -387,7 +404,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		assertThat(ObjectUtils.containsElement(bd.getDependsOn(), "messenger")).isTrue();
 		Calculator calculator = (Calculator) ctx.getBean("calculator");
 		assertThat(calculator).isNotNull();
-		assertThat(calculator instanceof Refreshable).isFalse();
+		boolean condition = calculator instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).isFalse();
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -399,7 +417,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		CallCounter countingAspect = (CallCounter) ctx.getBean("getMessageAspect");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).isTrue();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).isTrue();
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
 		assertThat(countingAspect.getCalls()).isEqualTo(0);
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");
 		assertThat(countingAspect.getCalls()).isEqualTo(1);
@@ -416,7 +435,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		Messenger messenger = (Messenger) ctx.getBean("refreshableMessenger");

 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).isTrue();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).isTrue();
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");

 		assertThat(ctx.getBeansOfType(ConcreteMessenger.class)).containsValue((ConcreteMessenger) messenger);
@@ -467,7 +487,8 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		assertThat(Arrays.asList(ctx.getBeanNamesForType(Messenger.class))).contains("refreshableMessenger");
 		Messenger messenger = (Messenger) ctx.getBean("refreshableMessenger");
 		assertThat(AopUtils.isAopProxy(messenger)).isTrue();
-		assertThat(messenger instanceof Refreshable).isTrue();
+		boolean condition = messenger instanceof Refreshable;
+		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
 		assertThat(messenger.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");
 	}

@@ -521,17 +542,20 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 		// expect the exception we threw in the custom metaclass to show it got invoked
 		ApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(xmlFile);
 		Calculator calc = (Calculator) ctx.getBean("delegatingCalculator");
-		assertThatIllegalStateException()
-				.isThrownBy(() -> calc.add(1, 2))
-				.withMessage("Gotcha");
+		assertThatIllegalStateException().isThrownBy(() ->
+				calc.add(1, 2))
+			.withMessage("Gotcha");
 	}

 	@Test
 	void testFactoryBean() {
 		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("groovyContext.xml", getClass());
 		Object factory = context.getBean("&factory");
-		assertThat(factory instanceof FactoryBean).isTrue();
+		boolean condition1 = factory instanceof FactoryBean;
+		assertThat(condition1).isTrue();
 		Object result = context.getBean("factory");
+		boolean condition = result instanceof String;
+		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
 		assertThat(result).isEqualTo("test");
 	}

@@ -539,8 +563,11 @@ public class GroovyScriptFactoryTests {
 	void testRefreshableFactoryBean() {
 		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("groovyContext.xml", getClass());
 		Object factory = context.getBean("&refreshableFactory");
-		assertThat(factory instanceof FactoryBean).isTrue();
+		boolean condition1 = factory instanceof FactoryBean;
+		assertThat(condition1).isTrue();
 		Object result = context.getBean("refreshableFactory");
+		boolean condition = result instanceof String;
+		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
 		assertThat(result).isEqualTo("test");
 	}

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class InvocationsRecorderClassTransformer implements ClassFileTransformer {

 	private final String[] ignoredPackages;

-
 	public InvocationsRecorderClassTransformer(String[] instrumentedPackages, String[] ignoredPackages) {
 		Assert.notNull(instrumentedPackages, "instrumentedPackages must not be null");
 		Assert.notNull(ignoredPackages, "ignoredPackages must not be null");
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ class InvocationsRecorderClassTransformer implements ClassFileTransformer {
 				.toArray(String[]::new);
 	}

-
 	@Override
 	public byte[] transform(@Nullable ClassLoader classLoader, String className, Class<?> classBeingRedefined,
 			ProtectionDomain protectionDomain, byte[] classfileBuffer) throws IllegalClassFormatException {
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ class InvocationsRecorderClassTransformer implements ClassFileTransformer {
 			fileReader.accept(classVisitor, 0);
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex) {
-			System.err.println("Failed to transform class: " + ex);
+			ex.printStackTrace();
 			return classfileBuffer;
 		}
 		if (classVisitor.isTransformed()) {
@@ -111,5 +109,4 @@ class InvocationsRecorderClassTransformer implements ClassFileTransformer {
 		}
 		return classfileBuffer;
 	}
-
 }
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public final class RuntimeHintsAgent {
 	private static boolean loaded = false;

 	private RuntimeHintsAgent() {
+
 	}

 	public static void premain(@Nullable String agentArgs, Instrumentation inst) {
@@ -63,7 +64,6 @@ public final class RuntimeHintsAgent {
 		return loaded;
 	}

-
 	private static final class ParsedArguments {

 		List<String> instrumentedPackages;
@@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ public final class RuntimeHintsAgent {
 			}
 			return new ParsedArguments(included, excluded);
 		}
-	}

+	}
 }
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ multiRelease {
 }

 def javapoetVersion = "1.13.0"
-def objenesisVersion = "3.5"
+def objenesisVersion = "3.4"

 configurations {
 	java21Api.extendsFrom(api)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class Attribute {
   *     a Code attribute that contains labels.
   * @deprecated no longer used by ASM.
   */
-  @Deprecated(forRemoval = false)
+  @Deprecated
  protected Label[] getLabels() {
    return new Label[0];
  }
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ public class Attribute {
   * ClassReader overrides {@link ClassReader#readLabel}. Hence {@link #read(ClassReader, int, int,
   * char[], int, Label[])} must not manually create {@link Label} instances.
   *
-   * @param classReader the class that contains the attribute to be read.
   * @param bytecodeOffset a bytecode offset in a method.
   * @param labels the already created labels, indexed by their offset. If a label already exists
   *     for bytecodeOffset this method does not create a new one. Otherwise it stores the new label
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class ClassReader {
   * @deprecated Use {@link #readByte(int)} and the other read methods instead. This field will
   *     eventually be deleted.
   */
-  @Deprecated(forRemoval = false)
+  @Deprecated
  // DontCheck(MemberName): can't be renamed (for backward binary compatibility).
  public final byte[] b;

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class ClassReader {
    // Check the class' major_version. This field is after the magic and minor_version fields, which
    // use 4 and 2 bytes respectively.
    // SPRING PATCH: leniently try to parse newer class files as well
-    // if (checkClassVersion && readShort(classFileOffset + 6) > Opcodes.V27) {
+    // if (checkClassVersion && readShort(classFileOffset + 6) > Opcodes.V26) {
    //   throw new IllegalArgumentException(
    //       "Unsupported class file major version " + readShort(classFileOffset + 6));
    // }
@@ -3550,9 +3550,6 @@ public class ClassReader {
      final char[] charBuffer,
      final int codeAttributeOffset,
      final Label[] labels) {
-    if (length > classFileBuffer.length - offset) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException();
-    }
    for (Attribute attributePrototype : attributePrototypes) {
      if (attributePrototype.type.equals(type)) {
        return attributePrototype.read(
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ public class ClassWriter extends ClassVisitor {
   * @deprecated this method is superseded by {@link #newHandle(int, String, String, String,
   *     boolean)}.
   */
-  @Deprecated(forRemoval = false)
+  @Deprecated
  public int newHandle(
      final int tag, final String owner, final String name, final String descriptor) {
    return newHandle(tag, owner, name, descriptor, tag == Opcodes.H_INVOKEINTERFACE);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public final class Handle {
   * @deprecated this constructor has been superseded by {@link #Handle(int, String, String, String,
   *     boolean)}.
   */
-  @Deprecated(forRemoval = false)
+  @Deprecated
  public Handle(final int tag, final String owner, final String name, final String descriptor) {
    this(tag, owner, name, descriptor, tag == Opcodes.H_INVOKEINTERFACE);
  }
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ public abstract class MethodVisitor {
   * @param descriptor the method's descriptor (see {@link Type}).
   * @deprecated use {@link #visitMethodInsn(int, String, String, String, boolean)} instead.
   */
-  @Deprecated(forRemoval = false)
+  @Deprecated
  public void visitMethodInsn(
      final int opcode, final String owner, final String name, final String descriptor) {
    int opcodeAndSource = opcode | (api < Opcodes.ASM5 ? Opcodes.SOURCE_DEPRECATED : 0);
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ public interface Opcodes {
  int V24 = 0 << 16 | 68;
  int V25 = 0 << 16 | 69;
  int V26 = 0 << 16 | 70;
-  int V27 = 0 << 16 | 71;

  /**
   * Version flag indicating that the class is using 'preview' features.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class CustomizerRegistry {
        Class<? extends KeyFactoryCustomizer> klass = customizer.getClass();
        for (Class type : customizerTypes) {
            if (type.isAssignableFrom(klass)) {
-                List<KeyFactoryCustomizer> list = customizers.computeIfAbsent(type, key -> new ArrayList<>());
+                List<KeyFactoryCustomizer> list = customizers.computeIfAbsent(type, k -> new ArrayList<>());
                list.add(customizer);
            }
        }
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ConcurrentReferenceHashMap;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.MethodFilter;

 /**
 * Helper for resolving synthetic {@link Method#isBridge bridge Methods} to the
@@ -113,8 +114,8 @@ public final class BridgeMethodResolver {
 		if (bridgedMethod == null) {
 			// Gather all methods with matching name and parameter size.
 			List<Method> candidateMethods = new ArrayList<>();
-			ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(userClass, candidateMethods::add,
-					candidateMethod -> isBridgedCandidateFor(candidateMethod, bridgeMethod));
+			MethodFilter filter = (candidateMethod -> isBridgedCandidateFor(candidateMethod, bridgeMethod));
+			ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(userClass, candidateMethods::add, filter);
 			if (!candidateMethods.isEmpty()) {
 				bridgedMethod = (candidateMethods.size() == 1 ? candidateMethods.get(0) :
 						searchCandidates(candidateMethods, bridgeMethod, targetClass));
@@ -151,6 +152,9 @@ public final class BridgeMethodResolver {
 	private static Method searchCandidates(
 			List<Method> candidateMethods, Method bridgeMethod, Class<?> targetClass) {

+		if (candidateMethods.isEmpty()) {
+			return null;
+		}
 		Method previousMethod = null;
 		boolean sameSig = true;
 		for (Method candidateMethod : candidateMethods) {
@@ -200,17 +204,19 @@ public final class BridgeMethodResolver {
 	}

 	private static boolean checkResolvedTypeMatch(Method genericMethod, Method candidateMethod, Class<?> clazz) {
-		// First, compare return type.
-		ResolvableType genericReturnType = ResolvableType.forMethodReturnType(genericMethod, clazz);
-		if (!ClassUtils.resolvePrimitiveIfNecessary(genericReturnType.toClass()).isAssignableFrom(
-				ClassUtils.resolvePrimitiveIfNecessary(candidateMethod.getReturnType()))) {
-			return false;
-		}
 		Class<?>[] candidateParameters = candidateMethod.getParameterTypes();
 		for (int i = 0; i < candidateParameters.length; i++) {
 			ResolvableType genericParameter = ResolvableType.forMethodParameter(genericMethod, i, clazz);
-			if (!ClassUtils.resolvePrimitiveIfNecessary(genericParameter.toClass()).equals(
-					ClassUtils.resolvePrimitiveIfNecessary(candidateParameters[i]))) {
+			Class<?> candidateParameter = candidateParameters[i];
+			if (candidateParameter.isArray()) {
+				// An array type: compare the component type.
+				if (!candidateParameter.componentType().equals(genericParameter.getComponentType().toClass())) {
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+			// A non-array type: compare the type itself.
+			if (!ClassUtils.resolvePrimitiveIfNecessary(candidateParameter).equals(
+					ClassUtils.resolvePrimitiveIfNecessary(genericParameter.toClass()))) {
 				return false;
 			}
 		}
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ final class AnnotationTypeMapping {
 		this.root = (source != null ? source.getRoot() : this);
 		this.distance = (source == null ? 0 : source.getDistance() + 1);
 		this.annotationType = annotationType;
-		this.metaTypes = merge((source != null ? source.getMetaTypes() : null), annotationType);
+		this.metaTypes = merge(
+				source != null ? source.getMetaTypes() : null,
+				annotationType);
 		this.annotation = annotation;
 		this.attributes = AttributeMethods.forAnnotationType(annotationType);
 		this.mirrorSets = new MirrorSets();
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ final class AnnotationTypeMappings {

 	private void addAllMappings(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,
 			Set<Class<? extends Annotation>> visitedAnnotationTypes) {
-
 		Deque<AnnotationTypeMapping> queue = new ArrayDeque<>();
 		addIfPossible(queue, null, annotationType, null, visitedAnnotationTypes);
 		while (!queue.isEmpty()) {
@@ -271,19 +270,11 @@ final class AnnotationTypeMappings {
 		 */
 		AnnotationTypeMappings get(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,
 				Set<Class<? extends Annotation>> visitedAnnotationTypes) {
-
-			AnnotationTypeMappings result = this.mappings.get(annotationType);
-			if (result != null) {
-				return result;
-			}
-			result = createMappings(annotationType, visitedAnnotationTypes);
-			AnnotationTypeMappings existing = this.mappings.putIfAbsent(annotationType, result);
-			return (existing != null ? existing : result);
+			return this.mappings.computeIfAbsent(annotationType, key -> createMappings(key, visitedAnnotationTypes));
 		}

 		private AnnotationTypeMappings createMappings(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,
 				Set<Class<? extends Annotation>> visitedAnnotationTypes) {
-
 			return new AnnotationTypeMappings(this.repeatableContainers, this.filter, annotationType,
 					visitedAnnotationTypes);
 		}
@@ -894,7 +894,8 @@ public abstract class AnnotationUtils {
 	private static Map<String, DefaultValueHolder> getDefaultValues(
 			Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) {

-		return defaultValuesCache.computeIfAbsent(annotationType, AnnotationUtils::computeDefaultValues);
+		return defaultValuesCache.computeIfAbsent(annotationType,
+				AnnotationUtils::computeDefaultValues);
 	}

 	private static Map<String, DefaultValueHolder> computeDefaultValues(
@@ -133,14 +133,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 * please use standard Java reflection or Spring's {@link AnnotationUtils}
 * for simple annotation retrieval purposes.
 *
- * <p><strong>WARNING</strong>: If an annotation cannot be loaded because one of
- * its attributes references a {@link Class} or {@link Enum}
- * {@linkplain TypeNotPresentException that is not present in the classpath}, that
- * annotation will not be accessible via the {@code MergedAnnotations} API.
- * To assist with diagnosing such scenarios, you can set the log level for
- * {@code "org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotation"} to {@code DEBUG},
- * {@code INFO}, or {@code WARN}.
-
 * @author Phillip Webb
 * @author Sam Brannen
 * @since 5.2
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ public class GenericConversionService implements ConfigurableConversionService {
 		}

 		private ConvertersForPair getMatchableConverters(ConvertiblePair convertiblePair) {
-			return this.converters.computeIfAbsent(convertiblePair, key -> new ConvertersForPair());
+			return this.converters.computeIfAbsent(convertiblePair, k -> new ConvertersForPair());
 		}

 		public void remove(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> targetType) {
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ public interface Resource extends InputStreamSource {

 	/**
 	 * Determine the content length for this resource.
-	 * @return the content length (or -1 if undetermined)
 	 * @throws IOException if the resource cannot be resolved
 	 * (in the file system or as some other known physical resource type)
 	 */
@@ -176,7 +175,6 @@ public interface Resource extends InputStreamSource {

 	/**
 	 * Determine the last-modified timestamp for this resource.
-	 * @return the last-modified timestamp (or 0 if not known)
 	 * @throws IOException if the resource cannot be resolved
 	 * (in the file system or as some other known physical resource type)
 	 */
@@ -1205,13 +1205,7 @@ public abstract class DataBufferUtils {
 				long pos = this.position.get();
 				Attachment attachment = new Attachment(byteBuffer, dataBuffer, iterator);
 				this.writing.set(true);
-				try {
-					this.channel.write(byteBuffer, pos, attachment, this);
-				}
-				catch (RuntimeException ex) {
-					// If the exception escapes, route it to the failure handler
-					failed(ex, attachment);
-				}
+				this.channel.write(byteBuffer, pos, attachment, this);
 			}
 		}

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ final class SubscriberInputStream extends InputStream implements Subscriber<Data
 	}

 	private void resume() {
-		if (this.parkedThread.get() != READY) {
+		if (this.parkedThread != READY) {
 			Object old = this.parkedThread.getAndSet(READY);
 			if (old != READY) {
 				LockSupport.unpark((Thread)old);
@@ -634,26 +634,12 @@ public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver implements ResourcePatternResol
 					}

 					// Handle absolute paths correctly: do not apply parent to absolute paths.
-					File pathFile = null;
-					boolean absolute = false;
-					if (path.startsWith(ResourceUtils.FILE_URL_PREFIX)) {
-						try {
-							pathFile = new File(ResourceUtils.toURI(path));
-							absolute = true;
-						}
-						catch (URISyntaxException | IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-							// Fall back to plain String constructor below.
-						}
-					}
-					if (pathFile == null) {
-						pathFile = new File(path);
-						absolute = pathFile.isAbsolute();
-					}
-					File candidate = (absolute ? pathFile : new File(parent, path));
+					File pathFile = new File(path);
+					File candidate = (pathFile.isAbsolute() ? pathFile : new File(parent, path));

 					// For relative paths, enforce security check: must be under parent.
 					// For absolute paths, just verify file exists (matching JVM behavior).
-					if (candidate.isFile() && (absolute ||
+					if (candidate.isFile() && (pathFile.isAbsolute() ||
 							candidate.getCanonicalPath().contains(parent.getCanonicalPath()))) {
 						manifestEntries.add(ClassPathManifestEntry.of(candidate, this.useCaches));
 					}
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ public class SpringFactoriesLoader {
 				SpringFactoriesLoader.class.getClassLoader());
 		Map<String, Factories> factoriesCache = cache.computeIfAbsent(
 				resourceClassLoader, key -> new ConcurrentReferenceHashMap<>());
-		Factories factories = factoriesCache.computeIfAbsent(resourceLocation,
-				key -> new Factories(loadFactoriesResource(resourceClassLoader, resourceLocation)));
+		Factories factories = factoriesCache.computeIfAbsent(resourceLocation, key ->
+				new Factories(loadFactoriesResource(resourceClassLoader, resourceLocation)));
 		return new SpringFactoriesLoader(classLoader, factories.byType());
 	}

@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ import org.springframework.util.concurrent.FutureUtils;

 /**
 * Extended interface for asynchronous {@link TaskExecutor} implementations,
- * offering support for {@link Future}/{@link CompletableFuture} handles.
+ * offering support for {@link java.util.concurrent.Callable}.
+ *
+ * <p>Note: The {@link java.util.concurrent.Executors} class includes a set of
+ * methods that can convert some other common closure-like objects, for example,
+ * {@link java.security.PrivilegedAction} to {@link Callable} before executing them.
 *
 * <p>Implementing this interface also indicates that the {@link #execute(Runnable)}
- * method will not execute the given Runnable in the caller's thread but rather
+ * method will not execute its Runnable in the caller's thread but rather
 * asynchronously in some other thread.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -121,7 +125,8 @@ public interface AsyncTaskExecutor extends TaskExecutor {

 	/**
 	 * Submit a {@code Callable} task for execution, receiving a {@code CompletableFuture}
-	 * representing that task. The Future will return the Callable's result upon completion.
+	 * representing that task. The Future will return the Callable's result upon
+	 * completion.
 	 * @param task the {@code Callable} to execute (never {@code null})
 	 * @return a {@code CompletableFuture} representing pending completion of the task
 	 * @throws TaskRejectedException if the given task was not accepted
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFutureTask;

 /**
- * {@link TaskExecutor} implementation that fires up a new Thread for each task.
- * Provides a {@link #setVirtualThreads virtual threads} option on JDK 21+.
+ * {@link TaskExecutor} implementation that fires up a new Thread for each task,
+ * executing it asynchronously. Provides a virtual thread option on JDK 21.
 *
 * <p>Supports a graceful shutdown through {@link #setTaskTerminationTimeout},
 * at the expense of task tracking overhead per execution thread at runtime.
- * Supports limiting concurrent threads through {@link #setConcurrencyLimit};
- * by default, the number of concurrent task executions is unlimited.
+ * Supports limiting concurrent threads through {@link #setConcurrencyLimit}.
+ * By default, the number of concurrent task executions is unlimited.
 *
 * <p><b>NOTE: This implementation does not reuse threads!</b> Consider a
 * thread-pooling TaskExecutor implementation instead, in particular for
@@ -217,11 +217,10 @@ public class SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor extends CustomizableThreadCreator

 	/**
 	 * Specify whether to reject tasks when the concurrency limit has been reached,
-	 * throwing {@link TaskRejectedException} on any further execution attempts.
+	 * throwing {@link TaskRejectedException} on any further submission attempts.
 	 * <p>The default is {@code false}, blocking the caller until the submission can
 	 * be accepted. Switch this to {@code true} for immediate rejection instead.
 	 * @since 6.2.6
-	 * @see #setConcurrencyLimit
 	 */
 	public void setRejectTasksWhenLimitReached(boolean rejectTasksWhenLimitReached) {
 		this.rejectTasksWhenLimitReached = rejectTasksWhenLimitReached;
@@ -36,19 +36,11 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;

 /**
- * Defines access to the annotations on a specific {@link AnnotationMetadata class}
- * or {@link MethodMetadata method}, in a form that does not necessarily require
+ * Defines access to the annotations of a specific type ({@link AnnotationMetadata class}
+ * or {@link MethodMetadata method}), in a form that does not necessarily require
 * class loading of the types being inspected. Note, however, that classes for
 * encountered annotations will be loaded.
 *
- * <p><strong>WARNING</strong>: If an annotation cannot be loaded because one of
- * its attributes references a {@link Class} or {@link Enum}
- * {@linkplain TypeNotPresentException that is not present in the classpath}, that
- * annotation will not be accessible via the {@code AnnotatedTypeMetadata} API.
- * To assist with diagnosing such scenarios, you can set the log level for
- * {@code "org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotation"} to {@code DEBUG},
- * {@code INFO}, or {@code WARN}.
- *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Mark Fisher
 * @author Mark Pollack
@@ -25,17 +25,9 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotation;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotations;

 /**
- * Interface that defines abstract access to the annotations on a specific
+ * Interface that defines abstract access to the annotations of a specific
 * class, in a form that does not require that class to be loaded yet.
 *
- * <p><strong>WARNING</strong>: If an annotation cannot be loaded because one of
- * its attributes references a {@link Class} or {@link Enum}
- * {@linkplain TypeNotPresentException that is not present in the classpath}, that
- * annotation will not be accessible via the {@code AnnotationMetadata} API.
- * To assist with diagnosing such scenarios, you can set the log level for
- * {@code "org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotation"} to {@code DEBUG},
- * {@code INFO}, or {@code WARN}.
- *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Mark Fisher
 * @author Phillip Webb
@@ -17,17 +17,9 @@
 package org.springframework.core.type;

 /**
- * Interface that defines abstract access to the annotations on a specific
+ * Interface that defines abstract access to the annotations of a specific
 * method, in a form that does not require that method's class to be loaded yet.
 *
- * <p><strong>WARNING</strong>: If an annotation cannot be loaded because one of
- * its attributes references a {@link Class} or {@link Enum}
- * {@linkplain TypeNotPresentException that is not present in the classpath},
- * that annotation will not be accessible via the {@code MethodMetadata} API.
- * To assist with diagnosing such scenarios, you can set the log level for
- * {@code "org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotation"} to {@code DEBUG},
- * {@code INFO}, or {@code WARN}.
- *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Mark Pollack
 * @author Chris Beams
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
 * Spring's repackaging of
- * <a href="http://objenesis.org">Objenesis 3.5</a>
+ * <a href="http://objenesis.org">Objenesis 3.4</a>
 * (with SpringObjenesis entry point; for internal use only).
 *
 * <p>This repackaging technique avoids any potential conflicts with
@@ -386,13 +386,6 @@ public class ConcurrentReferenceHashMap<K, V> extends AbstractMap<K, V> implemen
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
 	public V computeIfAbsent(@Nullable K key, Function<? super K, ? extends V> mappingFunction) {
-		// Avoid locking if entry is present
-		Reference<K, V> ref = getReference(key, Restructure.NEVER);
-		Entry<K, V> entry = (ref != null ? ref.get() : null);
-		if (entry != null) {
-			return entry.getValue();
-		}
-
 		return doTask(key, new Task<V>(TaskOption.RESTRUCTURE_BEFORE, TaskOption.RESIZE) {
 			@Override
 			protected @Nullable V execute(@Nullable Reference<K, V> ref, @Nullable Entry<K, V> entry, @Nullable Entries<V> entries) {
@@ -413,13 +406,6 @@ public class ConcurrentReferenceHashMap<K, V> extends AbstractMap<K, V> implemen
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
 	public V computeIfPresent(@Nullable K key, BiFunction<? super K, ? super V, ? extends V> remappingFunction) {
-		// Avoid locking if entry is absent
-		Reference<K, V> ref = getReference(key, Restructure.NEVER);
-		Entry<K, V> entry = (ref != null ? ref.get() : null);
-		if (entry == null) {
-			return null;
-		}
-
 		return doTask(key, new Task<V>(TaskOption.RESTRUCTURE_BEFORE, TaskOption.RESIZE) {
 			@Override
 			protected @Nullable V execute(@Nullable Reference<K, V> ref, @Nullable Entry<K, V> entry, @Nullable Entries<V> entries) {
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